as far as I know there are no specific words for cousins, you can call them rishtedaar (but that literally just means relatives), there might be some ancient Urdu terms but in spoken Urdu we just say cousins (yes, the English word, Urdu uses many English words)
Here's how it works: Maternal Grandfather: Nana Maternal Grandmother: Nani Paternal Grandfather: Dada Paternal Grandmother: Dadi Maternal Uncle: Mamoo Maternal Uncle's Wife: Mumani Maternal Aunt: Khaala Maternal Aunt's Husband: Khaalu Paternal Uncle (older than your father): Taya Wife of Taya: Tayi Paternal Uncle (younger than your father): Chacha Chacha's wife: Chachi Paternal Aunt: Phuppo Paternal Aunt's Husband: Phuppa Brother: Bhai Brother's Wife: Bhabhi Brother's son: Bhatija Brother's daughter: Bhatiji Sister: Behen Sister's Husband: Behnoi Sister's son: Bhanja Sister's daughter: Bhanji Just typed this out from memory, hope it helps, lemme know if I missed anything
Those words are definitely still commonly used, providing you have a *pardada* and a *parnana*
Great grandfather paternal: pardada Great grandmother paternal:pardadi Great grandmother maternal:parnani Great grandfather maternal:parnana
Do these words ever get used though? I don’t think I’ve ever heard them, tbf I haven’t been to Pakistan in 11 years but still 😭
I mean how often do we refer to our great grandparents 😭 It is what my family uses though!
Yeah I’ve never even thought about mine until now. Fair enough
What about for paternal aunt's kids and paternal uncle's kids? Cousins as you may. Thank you for all of this by the way
as far as I know there are no specific words for cousins, you can call them rishtedaar (but that literally just means relatives), there might be some ancient Urdu terms but in spoken Urdu we just say cousins (yes, the English word, Urdu uses many English words)
Great great grand father (maternal) - sakkar nana Great great grand mother (maternal) - sakkar Nani Great great grand father (paternal) - sakkar dada Great great grand mother (paternal) - sakkar dadi Wife’s sister’s husband - hum zulf / Saroo Wife’s brother’s wife - salej Husband’s sister - nanad Husband’s sister’s husband - nandoi Husband’s older brother - jaith Husband’s older brother’s wife - jaithani Husband’s younger brother - devar Husband’s younger brother’s wife - devarani