2006-10-31 12:53:09 · 38 answers · asked by backupthebrain 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Wow. I didn't know there was so much to choose from. My thanks to everyone who answered, you were most helpful.
2006-11-01 03:16:40 · update #1
In our family, I called my grandmother "Murr." It was a diminutive of the Swedish, "Mormor," meaning mother's mother.
In Swedish, to say Father's mother, you'd say "Farmor." I guess if we had that in our family, it would have become "Furr." lol. (Not true, just joking.)
As others have noted, there are many ways to call your grandmother. They don't always match English:
Abuela, Abuelita - Spanish, Portuguese (-ita is an endearing term)
Mamane, Nana, Nanonelle - French (-elle is similar)
Baba, Babitsa, Babitsa moja, Babitsa draga - Serbian, Bulgarian (its the same)
Hal amoni - Korean (not just used for grandmothers, but also for older women, kind of a honorific)
Buyuk anne, Buyuk annecim, Buyuk cigim annecim - Turkish (-cim and cigim are terms of endearment)
Bunica, Bunicuta - Romanian (-uta endearing term, also an honorific for older women that are friends)
I think that many languages also show respect to their grandmothers. Please, do and ask for the same.
Kindly,
Phil Jones
2006-10-31 13:40:24 · answer #1 · answered by Phil 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Different Names For Grandmother
2016-11-14 22:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I would like alternate names for the word Grandmother? Can be in different languages.?
2015-08-20 08:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by Trudy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English - grandmother/granny
Thai - Ya ย่า (father's mum) Yai ยาย (mother's mum)
Spanish - abuela
Dutch - grootmoeder
French - grand-mère
German - Großmutter
Greek - γιαγιά
Italian - nonna
Japanese - 祖母
Korean - 할머니
Portuguese - avó
Russian - Бабушка
Simplified Chinese - 祖母
Traditional Chinese - 祖母
Danish - bedstemoder
Swedish - mormor
Arabic - العربيه
Hebrew - עברית
Afrikaans - ouma
Albanian - gjyshe
Asturian - güela
Basque - amona
Breton - mamm-gozh
Catalan - àvia
Corsican - mammone
Croatian - baka
Czech - babička
Esperanto - avino
Finnish - isoäiti
Flemmish - grootmoeder
Galician - avoa
Hungarian - nagyanya
Indonesian - nenek
Irish - seanmháthair
Latin - avia
Latvian - vecmate
Lithuanian - senelė
Maltese - nanna
Maori - tupuna wahine
Norwegian - bestemor
Persian - مادر بزرگ
Polish - babcia
Punjabi - ਨਾਨੀ
Romanian - bunica
Serbian - баба
Sicilian - nonna
Slovak - babièka
Slovenian - bábi
Swahili - bibi
Tagalog - lola
Turkish - büyük anne
Ukrainian - бабуся
Welsh - nain
Zulu - umakhulula
2006-10-31 16:45:30 · answer #4 · answered by farang_friend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I call my grandmother Babci - its' a corrupted form of the Polish word for grandmother. In Russian, it would be Babushka - emphasis on the BAB-ush-ka.
2006-10-31 14:29:12 · answer #5 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Meme-french
2006-10-31 13:00:33 · answer #6 · answered by schoolot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Grand( pronounce Grun) Creole plus it means she's an elder in a higher status plus unique
2006-10-31 13:31:21 · answer #7 · answered by Karen E 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My name is Sarah and I feel it's a bit too common, but as others have said you could use it as a middle name and still honour your mum How about Zara or Zahra? that's a version of Sarah I think it's arabic double barrelled could be Sarah-Marie, Sarah-Jane, Sarah-May (I don't think it really works the other way round)
2016-03-13 04:42:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romanian - Bunica
Russian - бабушка (babushka)
french - grand mere
Spanish - abuela
2006-10-31 20:49:33 · answer #9 · answered by sweet_orhideea 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Baba, Baka - Croatian
Oma - Dutch
Oma - German
Nona - Greek
Lola - Tagalog (Philippines)
Nain ("nine") - Welsh - northern part
2006-10-31 13:01:03 · answer #10 · answered by Aidge 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋