Family words in Croatian (Hrvatski)

Words for family members in Croatian, a South Slavic language spoken mainly in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and neighbouring countries.

	Croatian (Hrvatski)
family	obitelj
parents	roditelji
father	otac
mother	mama majka mater
children	djeca
son	sin
daughter	kći
husband	muž
wife	žena
brother	brat
sister	sestra
uncle	striko (father's brother) ujko (mother's brother) tetak (parent's sister's husband)
aunt	strina (father's brother's wife) ujna (mother's brother's wife) tetka (parent's sister)
cousin	rođak
nephew	nećak bratanac sestrić
niece	nećakinja bratanica sestričina
grandparents	deda i baba
grandfather	djed
grandmother	baka
grandchildren	unučadi
grandson	unuk
granddaughter	unuka
great grandfather	pradjed
great grandmother	prabaka
father-in-law	svekar tast
mother-in-law	svekrva
brother-in-law	zet
sister-in-law	snaha

Corrections by Robert Jozic

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Links

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=197265
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_kinship

Family words in Slavic languages

Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian

Family words in other languages

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