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baaji:           	elder sister

baap:            	father

bahu/patoh:           	daughter-in-law

bahen:           	sister

baehnaapa:       	sisterly love/sisterhood

baehno'i:		sister's husband

beyTa:           	son

beyTi:           	daughter

bhaabi/bhaabhi:  	brother's wife

bhaa'i:             	brother

bhaañja:		sister's son

bhaañji:		sister's daughter

bhaañj bahu: 		sister's sons's wife

bhaañj daamaad:		sister's daughter's husband  

bhaawaj:		brother's wife

bhateej bahu:		brother's son's wife

bhateej daamaad:	brother's daughter's husband

bhateeja:		brother's son

bhateeji:		brother's daughter

chacha/chaacha:  	father's younger brother

chachi/chaachi:  	father's younger brother's wife

chacheyra bhaa'i:	father's younger brother's son

chacha zaad bhaa'i:	ditto

chacheyri bahen:	father's younger brother's daughter

chacha zaad bahen:	ditto

chacheyra deywar:	husband's father's brother's son 
			who is younger than husband

chacheyra jeyTh:	husband's father's brother's son 
			who is elder than husband
	
chacheyri nañd:		husband's father's brother's daughter

chachiya saas:		husband's(or wife's) father's younger
			(or elder) brother's wife

chachiya susar:		husband's(wife's) father's

daada:           	father's father

daadi:           	father's mother

daamaad:        	daughter's husband

dadhyaal:       	father's parent's home

dadiya susar:		husband's father's father/
			wife's father's father

dadiya saas:		husband's father's mother/
			wife's father's mother

deywar:          	husband's younger brother

deywraani:        	husband's younger brother's wife

ham SHeerah:     	sister

ham zulf:        	wife's sister's husband

saaRhu:			ditto

Haqeeqi:		real(not a step relative)

jeyTh:           	husband's elder brother

jeThaani:        	husband's elder brother's wife

KHaalah:         	mother's sister

KHaleyra bhaa'i:	mother's sister's son

KHaalah zaad bhaa'i:	ditto

KHaleyri bahen:		mother's sister's daughter

KHaalah zaad bahen:	ditto

KHaalu:          	mother's sister's husband

KHaawiñd:		husband

maañ:           	mother

maamta:          	motherly love

maamooñ:        	mother's brother

maamooñ zaad bhaa'i:	mother's brother's son

maamooñ zaad bahen: 	mother's brother's daughter

mumaani:          	mother's brother's wife

maekah:          	parental household/parental home
			(for a married woman)

mumeyra bhaa'i:		mother's brother's son

maamooñ zaad bhaa'i:	ditto

mumeyri bahen:		mother's brother's daughter

maamooñ zaad bahen:	ditto

naana:            	mother's father

naani:            	mother's mother

nagaR daada:        	father's father's paternal grandfather

nagaR daadi:        	father's father's paternal grandmother

nanhyaal:         	mother's parental home

nañd:			husband's sister

nañdo'i:		husband's sister's husband

nawaasa/naati:		daughter's son

nawaasi/naatin/natni:	daughter's daughter

par daada:		father's father father

par daadi:		father's father's mother

par naana:              mother's father's father

par naani:              mother's father's mother

par nawaasa/par naati:	daughter's son's son

par nawaasi/par natni:	daughter's son's daughter

paR pota:       	son's son's son

paR poti:       	son's son's daughter

phupha:           	father's sister's husband

phuphi:           	father's sister

phupheyra bhaa'i:	father's sister's son

phuphi zaad bhaa'i:	ditto

phupheyri bahen:	father's sister's daughter

phuphi zaad bahen:	ditto

phupheyra dewar:	husband's father's sister's son
			who is younger than husband

phupheyra jeyTh:	husband's father's sister's son
			who is elder than husband

phupheyri nañd:		husband's sister's daughter

phuphiya saas:		husband's father's sister

phuphiya susar:		husband's father's sister's husband	

pota:                   son's son

poti:                   son's daughter

pot bahu:		son's son's wife

pot daamaad:    	son's daughter's husband

saala:            	wife's brother

saaRhu:         	wife's sister's husband

salhaj:			wife's brother's wife

saali:            	wife's sister

saas:             	mother-in-law

saga:			real(m.)/not a step relative

sagi:			real(f.)/not a step relative

samdhan:        	daughter or son's mother-in-law

samdhi:           	daughter or son's father-in-law

samdhiyaanah:      	family of parents-in-law of daughter or son

sauteyla:		step relative(m.)

sauteyli:		step relative(f.)

SHauhar:		husband

susar:            	father-in-law

susraal:          	husband or wife's parental household

taaya:            	father's elder brother

tayaa zaad bhaa'i:	father's elder brother's son

taaya zaad bahen:	father's elder brother's daughter

taa'i:            	father's elder brother's wife

waalid:           	father

waalidah:         	mother





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