How to Say Grandparent in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say grandparent in different languages. This page features translation of the word "grandparent" 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 grandparent and how to read it.
Saying Grandparent in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say grandparent | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gjyshja | |
| Basque | aitona-amona | |
| Belarusian | бабуля і дзядуля [babulia i dziadulia] | |
| Bosnian | baka i djed | |
| Bulgarian | баба и дядо [baba i dyado] | |
| Catalan | avis | |
| Corsican | missiavu | |
| Croatian | baka ili djed | |
| Czech | prarodič | |
| Danish | bedsteforælder | |
| Dutch | grootouder | |
| Estonian | vanavanem | |
| Finnish | isovanhempi | |
| French | Grand-parent | |
| Frisian | pake en beppe | |
| Galician | avó | |
| German | Großelternteil | |
| Greek | παππούς και γιαγιά [pappoús kai giagiá] | |
| Hungarian | nagyszülő | |
| Icelandic | afi og ömmu | |
| Irish | seantuismitheoir | |
| Italian | nonno | |
| Latvian | vecvecāks | |
| Lithuanian | senelis | |
| Luxembourgish | Grousselteren | |
| Macedonian | баба и дедо [baba i dedo] | |
| Maltese | nannu | |
| Norwegian | besteforeldre | |
| Polish | dziadek | |
| Portuguese | avó | |
| Romanian | bunic | |
| Russian | бабушка и дедушка [babushka i dedushka] | |
| Scots Gaelic | seanair | |
| Serbian | баба и деда [baba i deda] | |
| Slovak | starý rodič | |
| Slovenian | stari starš | |
| Spanish | abuelo | |
| Swedish | morförälder | |
| Tatar | әби-бабай | |
| Ukrainian | дідусь і бабуся [didusʹ i babusya] | |
| Welsh | taid a nain | |
| Yiddish | זיידע און זיידע [zeyde-bobe] | |
Saying Grandparent in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say grandparent | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | տատիկ ու պապիկ [tatik u papik] | |
| Azerbaijani | baba və baba | |
| Bengali | দাদা-দাদি [dādā-dādi] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 祖父母 [zǔfùmǔ] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 祖父母 [zǔfùmǔ] | |
| Georgian | ბებია და ბაბუა [bebia da babua] | |
| Gujarati | દાદા દાદી [dādā dādī] | |
| Hindi | दादा-दादी [daada-daadee] | |
| Hmong | yawg | |
| Japanese | 祖父母 | |
| Kannada | ಅಜ್ಜಿ [ajji] | |
| Kazakh | ата-әже [ata-äje] | |
| Khmer | ជីតា | |
| Korean | 조부모 [jobumo] | |
| Kyrgyz | чоң ата [çoŋ ata] | |
| Lao | ພໍ່ເຖົ້າ [phothao] | |
| Malayalam | മുത്തശ്ശി [muthashi] | |
| Marathi | आजी आजोबा [ājī ājōbā] | |
| Mongolian | өвөө эмээ [övöö emee] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အဖိုးအဖွား [ aahpoeaahpwarr] | |
| Nepali | हजुरबुबा [hajurabubā] | |
| Odia | ଜେଜେବାପା | |
| Pashto | نيکه | |
| Punjabi | ਦਾਦਾ-ਦਾਦੀ [dādā-dādī] | |
| Sindhi | دادا | |
| Sinhala | ආච්චි [ācci] | |
| Tajik | бобою биби | |
| Tamil | தாத்தா பாட்டி [tāttā pāṭṭi] | |
| Telugu | తాతయ్య [tātayya] | |
| Thai | ปู่ย่าตายาย | |
| Turkish | büyük ebeveyn | |
| Turkmen | ene-atasy | |
| Urdu | دادا نانی | |
| Uyghur | بوۋا-مومىسى | |
| Uzbek | bobo va buvi | |
| Vietnamese | ông bà | |
Saying Grandparent in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say grandparent | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | الجد [aljadu] | |
| Hebrew | סָבָּא אוֹ סָבתָא | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | dapîr | |
| Persian | پدربزرگ و مادربزرگ | |
Saying Grandparent in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say grandparent | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | grootouer | |
| Amharic | አያት [āyati] | |
| Chichewa | agogo | |
| Hausa | kakanni | |
| Igbo | nne na nna ochie | |
| Kinyarwanda | sogokuru | |
| Sesotho | ntatemoholo | |
| Shona | sekuru nasekuru | |
| Somali | awoowe | |
| Swahili | babu | |
| Xhosa | utatomkhulu nomakhulu | |
| Yoruba | obi obi | |
| Zulu | umkhulu nomkhulu | |
Saying Grandparent in Austronesian Languages
| Language | Ways to say grandparent | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | apohan | |
| Filipino | lolo't lola | |
| Hawaiian | kupuna | |
| Indonesian | eyang | |
| Javanese | simbah | |
| Malagasy | raibe sy renibe | |
| Malay | datuk nenek | |
| Maori | koroua | |
| Samoan | matua matua | |
| Sundanese | nini-nini | |
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"Grandparent in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/grandparent. Accessed 24 Sep 2023.
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