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Grandfather in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say grandfather in different languages. This page features translation of the word "grandfather" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce grandfather and how to read it.
Saying Grandfather in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say grandfather | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gjyshi | |
| Basque | aitona | |
| Belarusian | дзед [dzied] | |
| Bosnian | djed | |
| Bulgarian | дядо [dyado] | |
| Catalan | avi | |
| Corsican | babbone | |
| Croatian | djed | |
| Czech | dědeček | |
| Danish | bedstefar | |
| Dutch | grootvader | |
| Estonian | vanaisa | |
| Finnish | isoisä | |
| French | grand-père | |
| Frisian | pake | |
| Galician | avó | |
| German | Großvater | |
| Greek | παππούς [pappoús] | |
| Hungarian | nagyapa | |
| Icelandic | Afi | |
| Irish | seanathair | |
| Italian | nonno | |
| Latvian | vectēvs | |
| Lithuanian | senelis | |
| Luxembourgish | Grousspapp | |
| Macedonian | Дедо [Dedo] | |
| Maltese | nannu | |
| Norwegian | farfar | |
| Polish | Dziadek | |
| Portuguese | avô | |
| Romanian | bunicul | |
| Russian | Дед [Ded] | |
| Scots Gaelic | seanair | |
| Serbian | деда [deda] | |
| Slovak | starý otec | |
| Slovenian | dedek | |
| Spanish | abuelo | |
| Swedish | farfar | |
| Tatar | бабай | |
| Ukrainian | дідусь [didusʹ] | |
| Welsh | taid | |
| Yiddish | זיידע [zeyde] |
Saying Grandfather in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say grandfather | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | պապիկ [papik] | |
| Azerbaijani | baba | |
| Bengali | দাদা [dādā] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 祖父 [zǔfù] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 祖父 [zǔfù] | |
| Georgian | ბაბუა [babua] | |
| Gujarati | દાદા [dādā] | |
| Hindi | दादा [daada] | |
| Hmong | yawg | |
| Japanese | おじいさん | |
| Kannada | ಅಜ್ಜ [ajja] | |
| Kazakh | атасы [atası] | |
| Khmer | ជីតា | |
| Korean | 할아버지 [hal-abeoji] | |
| Kyrgyz | чоң ата [çoŋ ata] | |
| Lao | ພໍ່ຕູ້ [photu] | |
| Malayalam | മുത്തച്ഛൻ [muthachan] | |
| Marathi | आजोबा [ājōbā] | |
| Mongolian | өвөө [övöö] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အဖိုး [aahpoe] | |
| Nepali | हजुरबुबा [hajurabubā] | |
| Odia | ଦାଦା | |
| Pashto | نیکه | |
| Punjabi | ਦਾਦਾ [dādā] | |
| Sindhi | ڏاڏو | |
| Sinhala | සීයා [sīyā] | |
| Tajik | бобо | |
| Tamil | தாத்தா [tāttā] | |
| Telugu | తాతయ్య [tātayya] | |
| Thai | คุณปู่ | |
| Turkish | Büyük baba | |
| Turkmen | atasy | |
| Urdu | دادا | |
| Uyghur | بوۋا | |
| Uzbek | bobo | |
| Vietnamese | ông nội | |
Saying Grandfather in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say grandfather | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | جد [jd] | |
| Hebrew | סָבָּא | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | bapîr | |
| Persian | بابا بزرگ | |
Saying Grandfather in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say grandfather | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | oupa | |
| Amharic | ወንድ አያት [wenidi āyati] | |
| Chichewa | agogo | |
| Hausa | kaka | |
| Igbo | nna nna | |
| Kinyarwanda | sekuru | |
| Sesotho | Ntate-moholo | |
| Shona | sekuru | |
| Somali | awoowe | |
| Swahili | babu | |
| Xhosa | utatomkhulu | |
| Yoruba | baba agba | |
| Zulu | umkhulu | |
Saying Grandfather in Austronesian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say grandfather | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | apohan | |
| Filipino | lolo | |
| Hawaiian | kupunakāne | |
| Indonesian | kakek | |
| Javanese | mbah kakung | |
| Malagasy | raibe | |
| Malay | datuk | |
| Maori | koroua | |
| Samoan | tama matua | |
| Sundanese | akina | |
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