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maternal uncle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dajë — brother of one's mother
  • Albanian: xhaxha — brother of one's mother
  • Southern Altai: таай (taay) — brother of one's mother
  • Arabic: خَال (ḵāl) — brother of one's mother
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܵܠܵܐ (ḥālā) — brother of one's mother
  • Armenian: քեռի (kʻeṙi) — brother of one's mother
  • Armenian: մորեղբայր (moreġbayr) — brother of one's mother
  • Azerbaijani: dayı — brother of one's mother
  • Toba Batak: tulang — brother of one's mother
  • Bengali: মামা (mama) — brother of one's mother
  • Bengali: খালু (khalu) — brother of one's mother
  • Bulgarian: вуйчо (vujčo) — brother of one's mother
  • Chichewa: malume — brother of one's mother
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舅父 (jiùfù) — brother of one's mother
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舅舅 (jiùjiu) — brother of one's mother
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姨父 (yífù) — brother of one's mother
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姨丈 (yízhàng) — brother of one's mother
  • Teochew: 阿舅 (a1 gu6) — brother of one's mother
  • Teochew: 舅 (gu6) — brother of one's mother
  • Teochew: 阿丈 (a1 dion6) — brother of one's mother
  • Teochew: 丈 (dion6) — brother of one's mother
  • Maore Comorian: zama — brother of one's mother
  • Crimean Tatar: dayı — brother of one's mother
  • Czech: ujec — brother of one's mother
  • Danish: morbror — brother of one's mother
  • Danish: onkel — brother of one's mother
  • Dutch: oom — brother of one's mother
  • Dutch: nonkel — brother of one's mother
  • Ewe: wɔfa — brother of one's mother
  • Faroese: morbróðir — brother of one's mother
  • Faroese: móðurbróðir — brother of one's mother
  • Faroese: mammubeiggi — brother of one's mother
  • Finnish: eno — brother of one's mother
  • Finnish: enopuoli — brother of one's mother
  • French: oncle maternel — brother of one's mother
  • West-Frisian: omke — brother of one's mother
  • Georgian: ბიძა დედის მხრიდან (biʒa dedis mxridan) — brother of one's mother
  • German: Oheim — brother of one's mother
  • German: Onkel — brother of one's mother
  • Greek: θείος (theíos) — brother of one's mother
  • Greenlandic: angak — brother of one's mother
  • Hausa: rafani — brother of one's mother
  • Hausa: kawu — brother of one's mother
  • Hebrew: דּוֹד (dód) — brother of one's mother
  • Hindi: मामा (māmā) — brother of one's mother
  • Hindi: मौसा (mausā) — brother of one's mother
  • Hungarian: anyai nagybácsi (ágról való) — brother of one's mother
  • Icelandic: móðurbróðir — brother of one's mother
  • Interlingua: oncle — brother of one's mother
  • Old Irish: amnair — brother of one's mother
  • Italian: zio — brother of one's mother
  • Italian: zio materno — brother of one's mother
  • Kabyle: zizi — brother of one's mother
  • Kashmiri: مام (mām) — brother of one's mother
  • Kashmiri: ماسُو (māsuv) — brother of one's mother
  • Korean: 외삼촌 (oesamchon) — brother of one's mother
  • Krisa: wini — brother of one's mother
  • Central Kurdish: خاڵ (xall) — brother of one's mother
  • Northern Kurdish: xal — brother of one's mother
  • Latin: avunculus — brother of one's mother
  • Macedonian: вујко (vujko) — brother of one's mother
  • Malayalam: അമ്മാവന് (ammāvaṉ) — brother of one's mother
  • Manx: braar mayrey — brother of one's mother
  • Marathi: मामा (māmā) — brother of one's mother
  • Marshallese: aļap — brother of one's mother
  • Nupe: mmà — brother of one's mother
  • Odia: ମାମୁଁ (māmũ) — brother of one's mother
  • Old English: ēam — brother of one's mother
  • Pashto: ماما — brother of one's mother
  • Persian: دایی (dâ'i) — brother of one's mother
  • Polish: wuj — brother of one's mother
  • Polish: wujek — brother of one's mother
  • Portuguese: tio — brother of one's mother
  • Portuguese: tio materno — brother of one's mother
  • Quechua: kaka — brother of one's mother
  • Quechua: kaku — brother of one's mother
  • Romanian: unchi — brother of one's mother
  • Romanian: unchi după mamă — brother of one's mother
  • Russian: дя́дя (djádja) — brother of one's mother
  • Russian: дя́дя по ма́тери (djádja po máteri) — brother of one's mother
  • Russian: дя́дя по матери́нской ли́нии (djádja po materínskoj línii) — brother of one's mother
  • Sanskrit: मातुल (mātula) — brother of one's mother
  • Scots: mither-brither — brother of one's mother
  • Scots: eme — brother of one's mother
  • Scottish Gaelic: bràthair-màthar — brother of one's mother
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̏ја̄к — brother of one's mother
  • Serbo-Croatian: да̀иџа — brother of one's mother
  • Serbo-Croatian: те́так — brother of one's mother
  • Serbo-Croatian: течо — brother of one's mother
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȕjāk — brother of one's mother
  • Serbo-Croatian: dàidža — brother of one's mother
  • Serbo-Croatian: tétak — brother of one's mother
  • Serbo-Croatian: tečo — brother of one's mother
  • Sinhalese: මාමා (māmā) — brother of one's mother
  • Slovene: stric — brother of one's mother
  • Slovene: dundo — brother of one's mother
  • Somali: abti — brother of one's mother
  • Spanish: tío — brother of one's mother
  • Spanish: tío materno — brother of one's mother
  • Swahili: mjomba — brother of one's mother
  • Swedish: morbror — brother of one's mother
  • Swedish: onkel — brother of one's mother
  • Swedish: mors svåger — brother of one's mother
  • Swedish: ingift morbror — brother of one's mother
  • Tajik: тағо (taġo) — brother of one's mother
  • Tamil: மாமா (māmā) — brother of one's mother
  • Tamil: தாய்மாமன் (tāymāmaṉ) — brother of one's mother
  • Tamil: அம்மான் (ammāṉ) — brother of one's mother
  • Tamil: பெரியப்பா (periyappā) — brother of one's mother
  • Tamil: சித்தப்பா (cittappā) — brother of one's mother
  • Taos: mį̏mína — brother of one's mother
  • Telugu: మామ (māma) — brother of one's mother
  • Thai: ลุง — brother of one's mother
  • Thai: น้า (náa) — brother of one's mother
  • Tibetan: ཨ་ཞང (a zhang) — brother of one's mother
  • Turkish: dayı — brother of one's mother
  • Turkish: enişte — brother of one's mother
  • Ottoman Turkish: دایی (dayı) — brother of one's mother
  • Unami: shis — brother of one's mother
  • Woiwurrung: kangun — brother of one's mother
  • Woiwurrung: gan-gan — brother of one's mother
  • Woiwurrung: garrgook — brother of one's mother