Serbian Kinship

The Serbian language is among the most rich in kinship terminology. The Serbs being a family oriented people who employ terms whose equivalents can seldom be found in any foreign language, including other closely related Slavic languages. Some explain this by pointing to the fact that of all the Slavs, the Serbs were the only ones to retain the original zadrugas (extended families) up to the 19th and 20th centuries.
Direct Descendance and Ancestry
RelationSerbian (with transliteration)English translation
grand-daughterУНУКА (ooh-nukah)grand-daughter
grandsonУНУК (ooh-nuke)grandson
daughterЋЕРКА (cher-kah)daughter
sonСИН (seen)son
motherМАЈКА (my-kah)mother
fatherОТАЦ (oh-tatz)father
grandmotherБАБА (bah-bah)grandmother
grandfatherД(Ј)ЕД (dead/dyead)grandfather
great-grandmotherПРАБАБА (prah-bah-bah)great-grandmother
great-grandfatherПРАД(Ј)ЕД (prah-dead/prah-dyed)great-grandfather
4th female ancestorЧУКУНБАБА (chew-coon-bah-bah)great-great-grandmother
4th male ancestorЧУКУНД(Ј)ЕД (chew-coon-dead/dyed)great-great-grandfather
5th female ancestorНАВРНБАБА (nah-vern-bah-bah)great-great-great-grandmother
5th male ancestorНАВРНД(Ј)ЕД(nah-vern-dead/dyed)great-great-great-grandfather
Indirect Ancestry and Descendance and Legal Relation
RelationSerbian (with transliteration)English translation
father's brotherСТРИЦ (streets)uncle
father's brother wifeСТРИНА (stree-nah)aunt
mother's brotherУЈАК (oo-yak)uncle
mother's brother's wifeУЈНА (ooy-nah)aunt
father's/mother's sisterТЕТКА (tet-kah)aunt
father's/mother's sister's husbandТЕТАК (teh-tak)uncle
Direct Siblingry
RelationSerbian (with transliteration)English translation
brotherБРАТ (braht)brother
sisterСЕСТРА (seh-strah)sister
Legal kinship
RelationSerbian (with transliteration)English translation
wife's father-in-lawСВЕКАР (sve-KAR)father-in-law
wife's mother-in-lawСВЕКРВА (sve-KRVA)mother-in-law
husband's father-in-lawТАСТ (TAh-st)father-in-law
husband's mother-in-lawТАШТА (TAh-shta)mother-in-law
son-in-lawЗЕТ (zet)son-in-law
daughter-in-lawСНАХА (snah-hah)daughter-in-law
sister's husbandЗЕТ (zet)brother-in-law
brother's wifeСНАХА (snah-hah)brother-in-law
wife's brotherШУРАК (shoo-RAK)brother-in-law
wife's brother's wifeШУРЊАЈА (shoor-NYA-yah)
wife's sisterСВАСТИКА (svah-stee-kah)sister-in-law
wife's sister's husbandСВАСТ (svah-st)
husband's brotherД(Ј)ЕВЕР (deh-ver/dye-ver)brother-in-law
husband's sisterЗАОВА (zaoh-vah)sister-in-law
husband of wife's sisterПАШЕНОГ (pah-sheh-nog)
wife of husband's brotherЈЕТРВА (yeah-trva)

 

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