Grandmother
//ˈɡɹænˌmʌðə//
Translations of "grandmother" (192 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | анду(mother of someone's parent) | andu | |
| Afrikaans | ouma(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Ahtna | tsucde(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Ainu | フチ(mother of someone's parent) | huci | |
| Albanian | gjyshe(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Aleut | kukax(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Ambonese Malay | nene(mother of someone's parent), oma(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Amharic | ሴት አያት(mother of someone's parent) | set ʾäyat | |
| Ancient Greek | μάμμη(mother of someone's parent), τήθη(mother of someone's parent) | mámmē, tḗthē | |
| Arabic | أنّة(mother of someone's parent), تيتة(mother of someone's parent), تيتة(mother of someone's parent), جدة(mother of someone's parent), جدة(mother of someone's parent), جَدَّة(mother of someone's parent), ست(mother of someone's parent), ستّو(mother of someone's parent) | anna, tēta, tēta, gidda, jidde, jadda, sitt, sittu | |
| Aragonese | agüela(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Aramaic | ܣܒܬܐ(mother of someone's parent), ܩܫܝܫܬܐ(mother of someone's parent) | sāḇtā, qaššīštā | |
| Armenian | հան(mother of someone's parent), տատ(mother of someone's parent), տատիկ(mother of someone's parent) | han, tat, tatik | |
| Aromanian | babã(mother of someone's parent), omã(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Asturian | güela(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | nənə(mother of someone's parent), нәнә(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Balinese | dadong(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Basque | amona(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Belarusian | бабу́ля(mother of someone's parent) | babúlja | |
| Bengali | দাদি(mother of someone's parent), দাদু(mother of someone's parent), নানী(mother of someone's parent), নানু(mother of someone's parent) | dadi, dadu, nani, nanu | |
| Bhojpuri | दादी(mother of someone's parent), दादी के बा(mother of someone's parent) | dādī, dādī kē bā | |
| Bikol Central | lola(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Breton | mamm-gozh(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Bulgarian | ба́ба(mother of someone's parent) | bába | |
| Burmese | ဘွားဘွား(mother of someone's parent), အဘွား(mother of someone's parent) | bhwa:bhwa:, a.bhwa: | |
| Catalan | iaia(mother of someone's parent), àvia(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Central Dusun | todu(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | داپیر(mother of someone's parent), داپیرە(mother of someone's parent) | dapîr, dapîre | |
| Central Sierra Miwok | ʔamáˑ(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Chamicuro | payako(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Cherokee | ᎠᎵᏏ(mother of someone's parent), ᎡᏂᏏ(mother of someone's parent) | alisi, enisi | |
| Chichewa | gogo(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Chinese | 內媽 /内妈(mother of someone's parent), 外媽 /外妈(mother of someone's parent), 阿媽 /阿妈(mother of someone's parent) | lāi-má, guā-má, zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 外婆(mother of someone's parent), 外祖母(mother of someone's parent), 婆婆(mother of someone's parent), 嫲嫲(mother of someone's parent), 祖母(mother of someone's parent) | ngoi⁶ po⁴, ngoi⁶ zou² mou⁵, maternal, maa⁴ maa⁴, zou² mou⁵ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 外婆(mother of someone's parent), 外祖母(mother of someone's parent), 奶奶(mother of someone's parent), 姥姥(mother of someone's parent), 祖母(mother of someone's parent) | wàipó, wàizǔmǔ, nǎinai, lǎolao, zǔmǔ | |
| Chinook Jargon | chope(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Chuvash | асанне(mother of someone's parent), кукамай(mother of someone's parent) | as̬anne, kuk̬amaj | |
| Corsican | mammone(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Crimean Tatar | qartana(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Czech | babička(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Danish | bedste(mother of someone's parent), bedstemor(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Dari | بِیبِی(mother of someone's parent), مَادَرْبُزُرْگ(mother of someone's parent), مَادَرْکَلَان(mother of someone's parent), نَنَه(mother of someone's parent) | bī-bī, mādarbuzurg, mādarkalān, nana | |
| Dutch | grootmoeder(mother of someone's parent), oma(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Esperanto | avino(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Estonian | vanaema(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Ewe | mama(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Extremaduran | ávila(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Faroese | omma(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Finnish | isoäiti(mother of someone's parent), isänäiti(mother of someone's parent), mummi(mother of someone's parent), mummo(mother of someone's parent), äidinäiti(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| French | aïeule(mother of someone's parent), grand-mère(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Friulian | ave(mother of someone's parent), none(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Galician | avoa(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Georgian | ბაბო(mother of someone's parent), ბებია(mother of someone's parent), ბებო(mother of someone's parent), დიდედა(mother of someone's parent) | babo, bebia, bebo, dideda | |
| German | Grosi(mother of someone's parent), Großmutter(mother of someone's parent), Großmütterchen(mother of someone's parent), Großmütterlein(mother of someone's parent), Gruußmutter(mother of someone's parent), Grußmutter(mother of someone's parent), Oma(mother of someone's parent), Omi(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Greek | γιαγιά(mother of someone's parent), μάμμη(mother of someone's parent) | giagiá, mámmi | |
| Greenlandic | aanaa(mother of someone's parent), aanaq(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Hakka Chinese | 外阿婆(mother of someone's parent), 姐婆(mother of someone's parent), 阿婆(mother of someone's parent) | ngoi-â-phò, chiá-phò, â-phò | |
| Halkomelem | sísele(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Hamer-Banna | aaká(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Hausa | kaka(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Hawaiian | kupunawahine(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Hebrew | סָבְתָא(mother of someone's parent), סָבָה(mother of someone's parent) | sávta, savá | |
| Hindi | दादी(mother of someone's parent), नानी(mother of someone's parent) | dādī, nānī | |
| Hungarian | nagyanya(mother of someone's parent), nagymama(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Icelandic | amma(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Ido | avino(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Igbo | nnenna(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Indonesian | nenek(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Ingrian | ämmä(mother of someone's parent), ämmö(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Ingush | даь-нана(mother of someone's parent), наьн-нана(mother of someone's parent) | dä-nana, nän-nana | |
| Interlingua | ava(mother of someone's parent), granmatre(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | مادَرْبُزُرْگ(mother of someone's parent), نَنِه(mother of someone's parent) | mâdarbozorg, nane | |
| Irish | mamó(mother of someone's parent), máthair chríonna(mother of someone's parent), máthair mhór(mother of someone's parent), seanmháthair(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Italian | nonna(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Japanese | お婆さん(mother of someone's parent), お婆ちゃん(mother of someone's parent), ばば(mother of someone's parent), 外祖母(mother of someone's parent), 祖母(mother of someone's parent) | obāsan, obāchan, baba, gaisobo, sobo | |
| Javanese | Eyang Putri(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Jeju | 할마니(mother of someone's parent), 할마님(mother of someone's parent), 할망(mother of someone's parent), 할멤(mother of someone's parent) | halmani, halmanim, halmang, halmem | |
| Juba Arabic | habuuba(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Kaitag | абаба́(mother of someone's parent), авба(mother of someone's parent), аттаба(mother of someone's parent), аттуба́(mother of someone's parent), бавба(mother of someone's parent) | ababá, avba, attaba, attubá, bavba | |
| Kashmiri | نانؠ(mother of someone's parent) | nān' | |
| Kazakh | әже(mother of someone's parent) | äje | |
| Khiamniungan Naga | jì(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Khmer | ជីដូន(mother of someone's parent), យាយ(mother of someone's parent), អយ្យកា(mother of someone's parent) | cii doun, yiəy, ʼayyĕəʼkaa | |
| Khoekhoe | ǁgaosas(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Korean | 외할머니(mother of someone's parent), 할머니(mother of someone's parent) | oehalmeoni, halmeoni | |
| Krio | granny(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Kyrgyz | ky(mother of someone's parent), кемпир(mother of someone's parent) | kempir | |
| Ladino | avuela(mother of someone's parent), granmama(mother of someone's parent), nona(mother of someone's parent), vava(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Lakota | uŋčí(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Lao | ຍ່າ(mother of someone's parent), ແມ່ເຖົ້າ(mother of someone's parent) | nyā, mǣ thao | |
| Latgalian | babeņa(mother of someone's parent), vace(mother of someone's parent), vaceite(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Latin | avia(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Latvian | vecmamma(mother of someone's parent), vecmāmiņa(mother of someone's parent), vecāmāte(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Lithuanian | bobutė(mother of someone's parent), močiutė(mother of someone's parent), senelė(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Low German | Grootmodder(mother of someone's parent), Grootmoder(mother of someone's parent), Grootmudder(mother of someone's parent), Grotmoder(mother of someone's parent), Grotmudder(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Luganda | jajja mukyaala(mother of someone's parent), jjajja omukazi(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Lushootseed | kayə(mother of someone's parent), kiaʔ(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Groussmamm(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Macedonian | ба́ба(mother of someone's parent) | bába | |
| Malay | nenek(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Malayalam | അമ്മമ്മ(mother of someone's parent), അമ്മുമ്മ(mother of someone's parent), മുത്തശ്ശി(mother of someone's parent) | ammamma, ammumma, muttaśśi | |
| Maltese | nanna(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Manchu | ᠮᠠᠮᠠ(mother of someone's parent), ᡤᠣᡵᠣ ᠮᠠᠮᠠ(mother of someone's parent) | mama | |
| Māori | kuia(mother of someone's parent), tipuna(mother of someone's parent), tupuna(mother of someone's parent), tāua(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Marathi | आजी(mother of someone's parent) | ājī | |
| Maricopa | nkyew(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Minangkabau | anduang(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Mirandese | abó(mother of someone's parent), abó de las saias(mother of someone's parent), abó mai(mother of someone's parent), bó(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Mòcheno | nu'na(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Mon | ယဲာ(mother of someone's parent) | yé | |
| Mongolian | эмгээ(mother of someone's parent), эмэг эх(mother of someone's parent), эмэг ээж(mother of someone's parent), эмээ(mother of someone's parent), ᠡᠮᠡᠭᠡ(mother of someone's parent) | emgee, emeg ex, emeg eež, emee, emege | |
| Navajo | amá sání(mother of someone's parent), análí(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Neapolitan | nonna(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Nepali | हजुरआमा(mother of someone's parent) | hajuraāmā | |
| Ngazidja Comorian | koko(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Nivkh | ытик(mother of someone's parent) | əțik | |
| Norman | grand'-mère(mother of someone's parent), grand-méthe(mother of someone's parent), manman(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| North Frisian | aol(mother of someone's parent), ualmam(mother of someone's parent), ååle(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | dapîr(mother of someone's parent), pîrik(mother of someone's parent), pîrê(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Northern Ohlone | ká̄na 'ek mél̄e(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Northern Sami | áhkku(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | bestemor(mother of someone's parent), farmor(mother of someone's parent), mormor(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | bestemor(mother of someone's parent), farmor(mother of someone's parent), mormor(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Nubi | abuba(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| O'odham | hu'ul(mother of someone's parent), ka꞉k(mother of someone's parent) | paternal | |
| Odia | ଆଈ(mother of someone's parent), ଜେଜେମାଆ(mother of someone's parent) | āi, jejemāā | |
| Ojibwe | nookomis(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Old English | eald mōdor(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Old Irish | senmáthair(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Oromo | akkayyaa(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Pannonian Rusyn | баба(mother of someone's parent) | baba | |
| Papiamentu | wela(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Pashto | انا(mother of someone's parent), نيا(mother of someone's parent) | anā, nyā | |
| Pennsylvania German | Groossmammi(mother of someone's parent), Groossmudder(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Polish | baba(mother of someone's parent), babcia(mother of someone's parent), babka(mother of someone's parent), babunia(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Pontic Greek | καλομάνα(mother of someone's parent) | kalomána | |
| Portuguese | avó(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Punjabi | ਨਾਨਿਮਾ(mother of someone's parent) | nānimā | |
| Quechua | jatun mama(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Romani | mami(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Romanian | bunică(mother of someone's parent), mamaie(mother of someone's parent), mamă mare(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Romansch | nona(mother of someone's parent), tata(mother of someone's parent), tatta(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Russian | ба́ба(mother of someone's parent), ба́бка(mother of someone's parent), ба́бушка(mother of someone's parent), бабу́ля(mother of someone's parent), бабу́ся(mother of someone's parent) | bába, bábka, bábuška, babúlja, babúsja | |
| Sanskrit | पितामही(mother of someone's parent) | pitāmahī | |
| Santali | ᱟᱡᱤ(mother of someone's parent) | aji | |
| Scots | grandmither(mother of someone's parent), guiddame(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | seanmhair(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | baka(mother of someone's parent), bȁba(mother of someone's parent), nena(mother of someone's parent), stȁramājka(mother of someone's parent), ба̏ба(mother of someone's parent), нена(mother of someone's parent), ста̏рама̄јка(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Shan | ၼၢႆး(mother of someone's parent) | náai | |
| Sicilian | mamma granni(mother of someone's parent), nanna(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Skolt Sami | äkk(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Slovak | baba(mother of someone's parent), stará matka(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Slovene | babica(mother of someone's parent), stara mama(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Somali | ayeeyo(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Sotho | nkgono(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Southern Altai | таай эне(mother of someone's parent) | taay ene | |
| Spanish | abuela(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Sudanese Arabic | حبوبة(mother of someone's parent) | ḥabbōba | |
| Sundanese | nini(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Swabian | Ahna(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Swahili | bibi(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Swedish | farmor(mother of someone's parent), mormor(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Tagalog | abwela(mother of someone's parent), impo(mother of someone's parent), lelang(mother of someone's parent), lola(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Tajik | бибӣ(mother of someone's parent), модарбузург(mother of someone's parent), модаркалон(mother of someone's parent), онакалон(mother of someone's parent) | bibi, modarbuzurg, modarkalon, onakalon | |
| Tamil | ஆயாள்(mother of someone's parent), பாட்டி(mother of someone's parent), முன்றாய்(mother of someone's parent), மூதாய்(mother of someone's parent) | āyāḷ, pāṭṭi, muṉṟāy, mūtāy | |
| Tatar | дәү әни(mother of someone's parent), зур әни(mother of someone's parent), картинәй(mother of someone's parent), нәнә(mother of someone's parent), нәнәй(mother of someone's parent), әби(mother of someone's parent) | däw äni, zur äni, qärtinäy, nänä, nänäy, äbi | |
| Thai | ยาย(mother of someone's parent), ย่า(mother of someone's parent) | yaai, yâa | |
| Tibetan | རྨོ་མོ(mother of someone's parent) | rmo mo | |
| Tok Pisin | tumbuna(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Tupinambá | aryîa(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Turkish | büyükanne(mother of someone's parent), nine(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Turkmen | ene(mother of someone's parent), mama(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ба́ба(mother of someone's parent), бабу́ся(mother of someone's parent) | bába, babúsja | |
| Urdu | دادی(mother of someone's parent), نانی(mother of someone's parent) | dādī, nānī | |
| Uzbek | acha(mother of someone's parent), buvi(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Vietnamese | bà(mother of someone's parent), bà ngoại(mother of someone's parent), bà nội(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Volapük | lemot(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Walloon | grand-mame(mother of someone's parent), grand-mere(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Welsh | mam-gu(mother of someone's parent), nain(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| West-Frisian | beppe(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| White Hmong | niam tais(mother of someone's parent), pog(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Wiradjuri | baadhin(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Wolof | marm(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Xhosa | umakhulu(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Yagara | barbang(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Yakut | эбэ(mother of someone's parent) | ebe | |
| Yámana | kuluna(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Yiddish | באָבע(mother of someone's parent) | bobe | |
| Yoruba | màmá bàbá(mother of someone's parent), màmá màmá(mother of someone's parent), ìyá bàbá(mother of someone's parent), ìyá ìyá(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Zazaki | dada(mother of someone's parent), dapir(mother of someone's parent), dapér(mother of someone's parent), daye (diq)(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Zhuang | buz(mother of someone's parent), daiq(mother of someone's parent), naih(mother of someone's parent) | — | |
| Zulu | ukhulu(mother of someone's parent) | — |
ouma
tsucde
gjyshe
kukax
nene, oma
أنّة, تيتة, تيتة, جدة, جدة, جَدَّة, ست, ستّو
anna, tēta, tēta, gidda, jidde, jadda, sitt, sittu
agüela
babã, omã
güela
nənə, нәнә
dadong
amona
lola
mamm-gozh
iaia, àvia
todu
ʔamáˑ
payako
gogo
chope
mammone
qartana
babička
bedste, bedstemor
grootmoeder, oma
avino
vanaema
mama
ávila
omma
isoäiti, isänäiti, mummi, mummo, äidinäiti
aïeule, grand-mère
ave, none
avoa
Grosi, Großmutter, Großmütterchen, Großmütterlein, Gruußmutter, Grußmutter, Oma, Omi
aanaa, aanaq
sísele
aaká
kaka
kupunawahine
nagyanya, nagymama
amma
avino
nnenna
nenek
ämmä, ämmö
ava, granmatre
mamó, máthair chríonna, máthair mhór, seanmháthair
nonna
Eyang Putri
habuuba
ǁgaosas
granny
avuela, granmama, nona, vava
uŋčí
babeņa, vace, vaceite
avia
vecmamma, vecmāmiņa, vecāmāte
bobutė, močiutė, senelė
Grootmodder, Grootmoder, Grootmudder, Grotmoder, Grotmudder
jajja mukyaala, jjajja omukazi
kayə, kiaʔ
Groussmamm
nenek
nanna
kuia, tipuna, tupuna, tāua
nkyew
anduang
abó, abó de las saias, abó mai, bó
nu'na
amá sání, análí
nonna
grand'-mère, grand-méthe, manman
aol, ualmam, ååle
dapîr, pîrik, pîrê
ká̄na 'ek mél̄e
áhkku
bestemor, farmor, mormor
bestemor, farmor, mormor
abuba
nookomis
eald mōdor
senmáthair
akkayyaa
wela
Groossmammi, Groossmudder
baba, babcia, babka, babunia
avó
jatun mama
mami
bunică, mamaie, mamă mare
nona, tata, tatta
grandmither, guiddame
seanmhair
baka, bȁba, nena, stȁramājka, ба̏ба, нена, ста̏рама̄јка
mamma granni, nanna
äkk
baba, stará matka
babica, stara mama
ayeeyo
nkgono
abuela
nini
Ahna
bibi
farmor, mormor
abwela, impo, lelang, lola
tumbuna
aryîa
büyükanne, nine
ene, mama
acha, buvi
bà, bà ngoại, bà nội
lemot
grand-mame, grand-mere
mam-gu, nain
beppe
niam tais, pog
baadhin
marm
umakhulu
barbang
kuluna
màmá bàbá, màmá màmá, ìyá bàbá, ìyá ìyá
dada, dapir, dapér, daye (diq)
buz, daiq, naih
ukhulu
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