Words for family members in Croatian, a South Slavic language spoken mainly in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and neighbouring countries.
Key to abbreviations: pt = paternal, mt = maternal
Croatian (Hrvatski) | |
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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 | stric (pt) ujak (mt) |
aunt | tetka |
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 |
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