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Family

Family terms in Kazakh. Note that "older brother/sister" and "younger brother/sister" are separate words — Kazakh is more specific about relative age than English. The word for "younger sister" also depends on the speaker's gender.

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Words (12)

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ана

mother
әке

father
бала

child
ұл

son / boy
қыз

daughter / girl
аға

older brother
іні

younger brother
апа

older sister

also used as a respectful term for an older woman
қарындас

younger sister (when speaker is male)
сіңлі

younger sister (when speaker is female)
ата

grandfather
әже

grandmother

Sentences (3)

Менің анам мұғалім.

My mother is a teacher.
Сіздің бауырыңыз бар ма?

Do you have a sibling? (formal)
Менің екі ағам бар.

I have two older brothers.