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The Serbian language is one of the richest languages regarding kinship terminology. The Serbs are family oriented and employ many terms whose equivalents can not 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, along with the Bulgarians, were the only ones to retain the original zadrugas (extended families) up until the 20th century. Terminology is not uniform and may differ from place to place.
[edit] Direct descendance and ancestry
| Serbian (Cyrillic) |
Serbian / Croatian (Latin) |
Relation |
English translation |
| бела пчела |
bela pčela |
5th descendant |
great-great-great-grand-daughter/son |
| чукунунука |
čukununuka |
4th female descendant |
great-great-grand-daughter |
| чукунунук |
čukununuk |
4th male descendant |
great-great-grand-son |
| праунука |
praunuka |
3th female descendant |
great-grand-daughter |
| праунук |
praunuk |
3th male descendant |
great-grand-son |
| унука |
unuka |
grand-daughter |
grand-daughter |
| унук |
unuk |
grand-son |
grand-son |
| (k)ћерка |
(k)ćerka |
daughter |
daughter |
| син |
sin |
son |
son |
| мајка |
majka |
mother |
mother |
| отац |
otac |
father |
father |
| баба / бака |
baba / baka |
grandmother |
grandmother |
| д(ј)ед / деда |
d(j)ed / deda |
grandfather |
grandfather |
| прабаба |
prababa |
great-grandmother |
great-grandmother |
| прад(ј)ед |
prad(j)ed |
great-grandfather |
great-grandfather |
| чукунбаба |
čukunbaba |
4th female ancestor |
great-great-grandmother |
| чукунд(ј)ед |
čukund(j)ed |
4th male ancestor |
great-great-grandfather |
| наврнбаба |
navrnbaba |
5th female ancestor |
great-great-great-grandmother |
| наврнд(ј)ед |
navrnd(j)ed |
5th male ancestor |
great-great-great-grandfather |
| aскуpђелa |
askurđela |
6th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| aскуpђел |
askurđel |
6th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| курђела |
kurđela |
7th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| курђел |
kurđel |
7th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| куредача |
kuredača |
8th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| куредал |
kuredal |
8th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| сукурдaча |
sukurdača |
9th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| сукурдал |
sukurdal |
9th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| бели орао |
beli orao |
10th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
[edit] Direct sibling relation
| Serbian (Cyrillic) |
Serbian / Croatian (Latin) |
English translation |
| брат |
brat |
brother |
| сестра |
sestra |
sister |
[edit] Indirect ancestry, descendance and legal relation
| Serbian (Cyrillic) |
Serbian / Croatian (Latin) |
Relation |
English translation |
| стриц |
stric |
father's brother |
uncle |
| стрина |
strina |
father's brother wife |
aunt |
| ујак |
ujak |
mother's brother |
uncle |
| ујна |
ujna |
wife of mother's brother |
aunt |
| тетка |
tetka |
father's/mother's sister |
aunt |
| теча / тетак |
teča / tetak |
husband of father's/mother's sister |
uncle |
| братанац |
bratanac |
brother's son (for women) |
nephew |
| синовац |
sinovac |
brother's son (for men) |
nephew |
| братаница |
bratanica |
brother's daughter |
niece |
| сестрић |
sestrić |
sister's son |
nephew |
| сестричина |
sestričina |
sister's daughter |
niece |
| нeћак |
nećak |
sister's/brother's son |
(lit.) nephew |
| нeћакa |
nećaka |
sister's/brother's daughter |
(lit.) niece |
[edit] Inlaws
| Serbian (Cyrillic) |
Serbian / Croatian (Latin) |
Relation |
English translation |
| свекар |
svekar |
husband's father |
father-in-law |
| свекрва |
svekrva |
husband's mother |
mother-in-law |
| таст |
tast |
wife's father |
father-in-law |
| ташта |
tašta |
wife's mother |
mother-in-law |
| зет |
zet |
daughter's or sister's husband |
son-in-law or brother-in-law |
| снаха / снаjа |
snaha / snaja |
son's wife |
daughter-in-law |
| шурак |
šurak |
wife's brother |
brother-in-law |
| шурњаја |
šurnjaja |
wife's brother's wife |
sister-in-law |
| свастика |
svastika |
wife's sister |
sister-in-law |
| свастић |
svastić |
wife's sister's son |
nephew |
| свастичина |
svastičina |
wife's sister's daughter |
niece |
| д(ј)евер |
d(j)ever |
husband's brother |
brother-in-law |
| заова |
zaova |
husband's sister |
sister-in-law |
| пашеног |
pašenog |
wife's sister's husband |
|
| јетрва |
jetrva |
husband's brother's wife |
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