maternal aunt

maternal aunt

English

Noun

maternal aunt (plural maternal aunts)

1. An aunt on one's mother's side of the family, including both
   1. A sister of one's mother.
   2. A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle.
2. (imprecise) A similar great aunt, etc.

Coordinate terms

• maternal uncle
• paternal aunt, paternal uncle

Translations

one's mother's sister

Arabic: خَالَة‎ (ar) f (ḵāla) Armenian: մորաքույր (hy) (morakʿuyr) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܵܠܬܵܐ‎ f (ḥāltā) Azerbaijani: xala (az) Bengali: খালা (bn) (khala), মই (bn) (môi) Catalan: tia (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 姨媽／姨妈 (zh), 姨妈 (zh) (ji4 maa1) (mother's elder sister), 阿姨 (zh) (aa3 ji4-1) (mother's younger sister), 姨姨 (zh) (ji4-1 ji4-1) (mother's younger sister) Mandarin: (any age, formal) 姨母 (zh) (yímǔ); (any age, informal, affectionate) 阿姨 (zh) (āyí); (married, informal) 姨媽／姨妈 (zh), 姨妈 (zh) (yímā); (mother's eldest sister, if older than her) 大姨 (zh) (dàyí); (middle daughters in mother's family in numerical rank following eldest) 二姨 (èr yí), etc.; (mother's youngest sister, if younger than her) 小姨 (zh) (xiǎoyí) Teochew: 阿姨 (a1 i5), 姨 (i5) Czech: teta (cs) f Danish: moster (da) c (blood maternal aunt), tante (da) c (in-law maternal aunt / informal) Dutch: tante (nl) f Esperanto: onklino (eo) Ewe: (elder) dagã, nɔgã; (younger) daɖia, nɔɖi Faroese: mostir f Finnish: täti (fi), äidin sisko French: tante (fr) f; (informal) tatie f Georgian: დეიდა (ka) (deida) German: Tante mütterlicherseits f Hebrew: דּוֹדָה‎ f (dóda) Hindi: मौसी (hi) (mausī) Hungarian: anyai (ágról való) nagynéni Icelandic: móðursystir (is) f Irish: aintín f Italian: zia (it) f Japanese: おば (ja) (oba) Kashmiri: ماس‎ (ks) (mās) Korean: 이모 (ko) (imo) Krisa: (elder) moni baʼ, (younger) moni pung Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پوور‎ (ku) (pûr) Northern Kurdish: xalet (ku) Latin: matertera (la) Macedonian: тетка (mk) f (tetka), тетка по мајка f (tetka po majka) Malayalam: അമ്മായി (ml) (ammāyi) Marathi: माउशी f (māuśī), मावशी (mr) f (māvśī) Navajo: amáyázhí Norwegian: tante (no) m or f, moster m or f Nupe: ǹnági Persian: خاله‎ (fa) (xâle) Polish: ciotka macierzysta (pl) f Portuguese: tia (pt) f Romanian: mătușă după mamă f Russian: тётя (ru) f (tjótja), тётя по ма́тери f (tjótja po máteri), тётя по матери́нской ли́нии f (tjótja po materínskoj línii) Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-màthar f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: те̏тка f Roman: tȅtka (sh) f Slovak: teta (sk) f Slovene: teta (sl) f Spanish: tía (es) f Swedish: moster (sv) c Tamil: (elder) (please verify) Periy'yamma (Periy'yamma), (younger) (please verify) Chi'thi (Chi'thi) Taos: kàyúna Telugu: పిన్ని (te) (pinni), పెదమ్మ (te) (pedamma) Tibetan: སྲུ་མོ (sru mo) Turkish: teyze (tr) Turoyo: ܚܘܠܬܳܐ‎ (ḥulto) West Frisian: muoike (fy) c Zazaki: xal (diq)

one's mother's sister-in-law

Armenian: քեռակին (hy) (kʿeṙakin) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܚܵܠܵܐ‎ f (baḵt ḥālā) Bengali: মামী (mamī), মামানী (mamanī) Chinese: Cantonese: 舅母 (zh) (kau5 mou5), 妗母 (zh) (kam5 mou5) Mandarin: 舅母 (zh) (jiùmu), (colloquial) 舅媽／舅妈 (zh), 舅妈 (zh) (jiùmā), (colloquial) 妗母 (zh) (jìnmǔ) Teochew: a1-gim6 (in-law) Danish: tante (da) Finnish: enon vaimo Hindi: मामी (hi) (māmī) Kashmiri: مامَنؠ‎ (ks) (māman') Macedonian: вујна f (vujna) Polish: wujenka (pl) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ујна f, (regional) даиџинца f Roman: ujna (sh) f, (regional) daidžinca f Swedish: tant (sv) c Tamil: मामी (मामी) (regional) Telugu: అత్త (te) (atta) Turkish: yenge (tr)