Summary
Uncle in Different Languages: Usually, uncles are male relatives who are either siblings of the parents or who are married to the parents’ siblings. The term uncle is used to describe a male relative within an extended family. A cousin of a child’s parents can be called an uncle in some cultures and families.
Uncle in European Languages
Translation of word Uncle in almost 42 European languages.
| Different Languages | Word Uncle |
|---|---|
| Albanian | dajë |
| Basque | osaba |
| Belarusian | дзядзька |
| Bosnian | ujak |
| Bulgarian | чичо |
| Catalan | oncle |
| Corsican | ziu |
| Croatian | ujak |
| Czech | strýc |
| Danish | onkel |
| Dutch | oom |
| Estonian | onu |
| Finnish | setä |
| French | oncle |
| Frisian | omke |
| Galician | tío |
| German | Onkel |
| Greek | θείος [theíos] |
| Hungarian | nagybácsi |
| Icelandic | Frændi |
| Irish | uncail |
| Italian | zio |
| Latvian | tēvocis |
| Lithuanian | dėdė |
| Luxembourgish | Monni |
| Macedonian | чичко |
| Maltese | ziju |
| Norwegian | onkel |
| Polish | wujek |
| Portuguese | tio |
| Romanian | unchi |
| Russian | дядя [dyadya] |
| Scots Gaelic | uncail |
| Serbian | стриц [stric] |
| Slovak | strýko |
| Slovenian | stric |
| Spanish | tío |
| Swedish | farbror |
| Tatar | абзый |
| Ukrainian | дядько [dyad'ko] |
| Welsh | ewythr |
| Yiddish | פעטער |
Uncle in Asian Languages
Translation of word Uncle in almost 36 Asian languages.
| Different Languages | Word Uncle |
|---|---|
| Armenian | հորեղբայր |
| Azerbaijani | əmi |
| Bengali | চাচা |
| Chinese Simplified | 叔叔 [shūshu] |
| Chinese Traditional | 叔叔 [shūshu] |
| Georgian | ბიძა [bidza] |
| Gujarati | કાકા |
| Hindi | चाचा |
| Hmong | tus txiv ntxawm |
| Japanese | 叔父 |
| Kannada | ಮಾವ |
| Kazakh | аға |
| Khmer | ពូ |
| Korean | 삼촌 [samchon] |
| Kyrgyz | байке |
| Lao | ລຸງ |
| Malayalam | അമ്മാവൻ |
| Marathi | काका |
| Mongolian | авга ах нь |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဘကြီး |
| Nepali | मामा |
| Odia | ମାମୁଁ |
| Pashto | تره |
| Punjabi | ਚਾਚਾ |
| Sindhi | چاچو |
| Sinhala | මාමා |
| Tajik | амак |
| Tamil | மாமா |
| Telugu | మామయ్య |
| Thai | ลุง |
| Turkish | amca dayı |
| Turkmen | daýy |
| Urdu | چچا |
| Uyghur | تاغىسى |
| Uzbek | amaki |
| Vietnamese | Chú |
Uncle in Middle East Languages
Translation of word Uncle in 4 middle eastern languages.
| Different Languages | Word Uncle |
|---|---|
| Arabic | اخو الام [akhw al'umi] |
| Hebrew | דוֹד |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | mam |
| Persian | دایی |
Uncle in African Languages
Translation of word Uncle in almost 13 African languages.
| Different Languages | Word Uncle |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | oom |
| Amharic | አጎት |
| Chichewa | amalume |
| Hausa | kawun |
| Igbo | nwanne nna |
| Kinyarwanda | nyirarume |
| Sesotho | Malome |
| Shona | sekuru |
| Somali | adeerkiis |
| Swahili | mjomba |
| Xhosa | umalume |
| Yoruba | arakunrin |
| Zulu | umalume |
Uncle in Austronesian Languages
Translation of word Uncle in almost 10 Austronesian languages.
| Different Languages | Word Uncle |
|---|---|
| Cebuano | uyoan |
| Filipino | tiyuhin |
| Hawaiian | ʻanakala |
| Indonesian | paman |
| Javanese | lik |
| Malagasy | rahalahin-drain'i |
| Malay | bapa saudara |
| Maori | matua keke |
| Samoan | tuagane o le aiga |
| Sundanese | mamang |
Uncle in Other Foreign Languages
| Different Languages | Word Uncle |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | onklo |
| Haitian Creole | tonton |
| Latin | avunculus |
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