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<div>Different meanings of Cousin in Farsi:</div> <div>"Dokhtar Daee"= The daughter of mother`s brother</div> <div>"Dokhtar Khaleh"= The daughter of mother`s sister</div> <div>"Dokhtar Amo"=The daughter of father`s brother</div> <div>"Dokhtar Ameh"=The daughter of father`s Sister</div> <div>"Pesar Daee" = The son of mother`s brother</div> <div>"Pesar Khaleh"= The son of mother`s sister</div> <div>"Pesar Amo"= The son of father`s brother</div> <div>"Pesar Ameh"=The son of father`s sister<BR><BR><B><I>Greg Aumann <Greg_Aumann@sil.org></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><!-- Network content --> <DIV
id=ygrp-text> <div>Doug Trick wrote:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 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><BR>Mandarin Chinese has eight forms but they do not correspond to your eight.<BR> 兄 tang2xiong1 son of father's sibling (older than you)<BR> 弟 tang2di4 son of father's sibling (younger than you)<BR> 姐 tang2jie3 daughter of father's sibling (older than you)<BR> 妹 tang2mei4 daughter of father's sibling (younger than you)<BR>表兄 biao3xiong1 son of mother's sibling (older than you)<BR>表弟 biao3di4 son of mother's sibling (younger than you)<BR>表姐 biao3jie3 daughter of mother's sibling (older than you)<BR>表妹 biao3mei4 daughter of mother's sibling (younger than you)<BR><BR>Greg<BR></div></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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