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<div class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am Iranian and my mother tongue is Persian (Farsi). It is true. I confirm that in my language there are 8 distinct forms for "Cousin".</FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">- male offspring of father's brother: "pesar amoo"<BR>- female offspring of father's brother: "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>doxtar amoo"</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left">- male offspring of father's sister: "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>pesar amme"</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left">- female offspring of father's sister:
"<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>doxtar amme"</FONT><BR>- male offspring of mother's brother: "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>pesar da'i"</FONT><BR>- female offspring of mother's brother: "doxtar da'i"<BR>- male offspring of mother's sister: "pesar xale"<BR>- female offspring of mother's sister: "doxtar xale"<BR></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </div> <div class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </div> <div class=MsoNormal dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </div><BR><B><I>Doug Trick <doug_trick@sil.org></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><!-- Network
content --> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <div>The English word "cousin" refers to the offspring of a <BR>parent's sibling. Since the offspring is either male or <BR>female, a parent is either male or female, and the parent's <BR>sibling is either male or female, there are (at least) 8 <BR>potential combinations:<BR>- male offspring of father's brother<BR>- female offspring of father's brother<BR>- male offspring of father's sister<BR>- female offspring of father's sister<BR>- male offspring of mother's brother<BR>- female offspring of mother's brother<BR>- male offspring of mother's sister<BR>- female offspring of mother's sister<BR><BR>I recently read somewhere that Farsi has 8 distinct forms, <BR>corresponding
to the above. Can anyone confirm whether or <BR>not this is true? Or, can anyone confirm whether any other <BR>language has 8 distinct forms? Or even 4 different forms?<BR><BR>Doug Trick, SIL Philippines<BR></div></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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