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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 |
| б(иј)ела пчела |
b(ij)ela 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 |
| навр(н)баба |
navr(n)baba |
5th female ancestor |
great-great-great-grandmother |
| навр(н)д(ј)ед |
navr(n)d(j)ed |
5th male ancestor |
great-great-great-grandfather |
| курђела |
kurđela |
6th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| курђел |
kurđel |
6th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| aскуpђелa |
askurđela |
7th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| aскуpђел |
askurđel |
7th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| курђупа |
kurđupa |
8th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| курђуп |
kurđup |
8th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| курлебала |
kurlebala |
9th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| курлебало |
kurlebalo |
9th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| сукурдола |
sukurdola |
10th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| сукурдол |
sukurdol |
10th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| судепача |
sudepača |
11th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| судепач |
sudepač |
11th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| парђупана |
parđupana |
12th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| парђупан |
parđupan |
12th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| ожмикурка |
ožmikurka |
13th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| ожмикура |
ožmikura |
13th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| курајбера |
kurajbera |
14th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| курајбер |
kurajber |
14th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| сајкатавка |
sajkatavka |
15th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| сајкатава |
sajkatava |
15th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather |
| б(иј)ела орлица |
b(ij)ela orlica |
16th female ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother |
| б(иј)ели орао |
b(ij)eli orao |
16th male ancestor |
great-great-great-great-great-great-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] In-laws
| 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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