[Lexicog] Words for "cousin"

[Muhammad Ijaz Khan]

In urdu, there are four terms for cousin as male and female difference is
not there.

- male offspring of father's brother and female offspring of father's
brother - CHACHA ZAAD
- male offspring of father's sister and female offspring of father's sister
- PHUPHI ZAAD
- male offspring of mother's brother and female offspring of mother's
brother - MAMOON ZAAD
- male offspring of mother's sister and female offspring of mother's sister
- KHALA ZAAD

best regards,
Ijaz



On 11/21/06, Doug Trick <doug_trick at sil.org> wrote:
>
>   The English word "cousin" refers to the offspring of a
> parent's sibling. Since the offspring is either male or
> female, a parent is either male or female, and the parent's
> sibling is either male or female, there are (at least) 8
> potential combinations:
> - male offspring of father's brother
> - female offspring of father's brother
> - male offspring of father's sister
> - female offspring of father's sister
> - male offspring of mother's brother
> - female offspring of mother's brother
> - male offspring of mother's sister
> - female offspring of mother's sister
>
> I recently read somewhere that Farsi has 8 distinct forms,
> corresponding to the above. Can anyone confirm whether or
> not this is true? Or, can anyone confirm whether any other
> language has 8 distinct forms? Or even 4 different forms?
>
> Doug Trick, SIL Philippines
>  
>
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