How to Say Grandma in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say grandma in different languages. This page features translation of the word "grandma" 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 grandma and how to read it.
Saying Grandma in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say grandma | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gjyshja | |
| Basque | amona | |
| Belarusian | бабуля [babulia] | |
| Bosnian | baka | |
| Bulgarian | баба [baba] | |
| Catalan | àvia | |
| Corsican | nanna | |
| Croatian | baka | |
| Czech | babička | |
| Danish | mormor | |
| Dutch | grootmoeder | |
| Estonian | vanaema | |
| Finnish | mummo | |
| French | grand-mère | |
| Frisian | beppe | |
| Galician | avoa | |
| German | Oma | |
| Greek | γιαγιά [giagiá] | |
| Hungarian | nagymama | |
| Icelandic | amma | |
| Irish | Mhamó | |
| Italian | nonna | |
| Latvian | vecmāmiņa | |
| Lithuanian | močiutė | |
| Luxembourgish | Bomi | |
| Macedonian | баба [baba] | |
| Maltese | nanna | |
| Norwegian | bestemor | |
| Polish | babcia | |
| Portuguese | Avó | |
| Romanian | bunica | |
| Russian | бабушка [babushka] | |
| Scots Gaelic | seanmhair | |
| Serbian | баба [baka] | |
| Slovak | babka | |
| Slovenian | babica | |
| Spanish | abuela | |
| Swedish | mormor | |
| Tatar | әби | |
| Ukrainian | бабуся [babusya] | |
| Welsh | nain | |
| Yiddish | באָבע [bobe] | |
Saying Grandma in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say grandma | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | տատիկ [tatik] | |
| Azerbaijani | nənə | |
| Bengali | ঠাকুরমা [ṭhākuramā] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 奶奶 [nǎinai] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 奶奶 [nǎinai] | |
| Georgian | ბებია [bebia] | |
| Gujarati | દાદી [dādī] | |
| Hindi | दादी [daadee] | |
| Hmong | yawg | |
| Japanese | おばあちゃん | |
| Kannada | ಅಜ್ಜಿ [ajji] | |
| Kazakh | әже [äje] | |
| Khmer | ជីដូន | |
| Korean | 할머니 [halmeoni] | |
| Kyrgyz | чоң эне [çoŋ ene] | |
| Lao | ແມ່ຕູ້ [aemtu] | |
| Malayalam | അമ്മൂമ്മ [ammoomma] | |
| Marathi | आजी [ājī] | |
| Mongolian | эмээ [emee] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အဖွား [aahpwarr] | |
| Nepali | हजुरआमा [hajura'āmā] | |
| Odia | ଜେଜେମା | |
| Pashto | انا | |
| Punjabi | ਦਾਦੀ [dādī] | |
| Sindhi | ناني | |
| Sinhala | ආච්චි [ācci] | |
| Tajik | биби | |
| Tamil | பாட்டி [pāṭṭi] | |
| Telugu | అమ్మమ్మ [am'mam'ma] | |
| Thai | ยาย | |
| Turkish | büyükanne | |
| Turkmen | mamam | |
| Urdu | دادی | |
| Uyghur | مومىسى | |
| Uzbek | buvim | |
| Vietnamese | Bà ngoại | |
Saying Grandma in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say grandma | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | جدتي [jadati] | |
| Hebrew | סַבתָא | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | grandma | |
| Persian | مادر بزرگ | |
Saying Grandma in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say grandma | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | ouma | |
| Amharic | አያት [āyati] | |
| Chichewa | agogo aakazi | |
| Hausa | kakar | |
| Igbo | nne nne | |
| Kinyarwanda | nyirakuru | |
| Sesotho | Nkhono | |
| Shona | ambuya | |
| Somali | ayeeyo | |
| Swahili | bibi | |
| Xhosa | umakhulu | |
| Yoruba | iya agba | |
| Zulu | ugogo | |
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"Grandma in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/grandma. Accessed 03 Oct 2023.
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