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Scholar-attested kinship terms across Indian languages. Filter by language, community, or register. Free-text matches both native script and transliteration.

কাকা
ben · Beng
kākā
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Father's younger brother. Distinct lexical slot for FyB.
মা
ben · Beng
mā
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Mother (direct, gen+1, F). Formal: ammā.
জ্যাঠা
ben · Beng
jyāthā
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Father's elder brother. KEY North Indian / Bengali term with no Dravidian cognate.
দিদি
ben · Beng
didi
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Elder sister. Reused for elder female cousins on both sides.
ভাই
ben · Beng
bhāi
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Younger brother / generic brother. Reused for younger male cousins on both sides.
বোন
ben · Beng
bon
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Younger sister. Reused for younger female cousins on both sides.
মামা
ben · Beng
māmā
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Mother's brother. NOT a prescriptive father-in-law (unlike Dravidian). MB-line marriage sapinda-forbidden.
ঠাকুর্দা
ben · Beng
ṭhākurdā
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Paternal grandfather. Maternal GF = dādu. Indo-Aryan side-distinction (Layer 3 refinement).
ঠাকুর্মা
ben · Beng
ṭhākurmā
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Paternal grandmother. Maternal GM = didimā. KEY Indo-Aryan side-distinction.
দাদা
ben · Beng
dādā
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Elder brother. Reused for elder male cousins on both sides — all first cousins are sibling-class.
মামাতো ভাই
ben · Beng
māmāto bhāi
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Mother's brother's son (MBS). Structurally cross-cousin but SIBLING-CLASS — marriage FORBIDDEN.
বাবা
ben · Beng
bābā
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Father (direct, gen+1, M). Formal: pitā.
কাকাতো ভাই
ben · Beng
kākāto bhāi
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Father's brother's son (FBS). Parallel-paternal sibling-class. Marriage FORBIDDEN.
মামাতো বোন
ben · Beng
māmāto bon
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Mother's brother's daughter (MBD). Structurally cross-cousin; MBD-marriage FORBIDDEN under bengali_kayastha.
মাসি
ben · Beng
māsi
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Mother's sister (māsimā more deferential). Generic mother-side aunt.
স্ত্রী
ben · Beng
strī
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Wife (formal/Sanskritic). Casual: bou. Spousal affinal, gen 0.
ছেলে
ben · Beng
chhele
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Son (direct descent, gen-1, M). Sanskritic putra in ritual register.
মেয়ে
ben · Beng
meye
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Daughter (direct descent, gen-1, F). Sanskritic kanyā in ritual register.
পিসি
ben · Beng
pisi
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Father's sister. NOT a prescriptive mother-in-law. FZD marriage sapinda-forbidden.
কাকাতো বোন
ben · Beng
kākāto bon
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Father's brother's daughter (FBD). Parallel-paternal sibling-class. Marriage FORBIDDEN.