paternal grandmother

English

Noun

paternal grandmother (plural paternal grandmothers)

1. One's father's mother; the grandmother on one's father's side.

Translations

Note: These are terms specific to the paternal grandmother. There may be other terms for a given language at grandmother and maternal grandmother.

one's father's mother

• Catalan: àvia paterna (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎡᏂᏏ (chr) (enisi)
• Chinese

  Cantonese: 嫲嫲 (yue) (maa4maa4)

  Mandarin: 奶奶 (cmn) (nǎinai), 祖母 (cmn) (zǔmǔ)

  Min Nan: 阿嬤 (nan), 阿嬷 (nan) (a-má), 阿媽 (nan), 阿妈 (nan) (a-má)

• Crimean Tatar: (northern dialect also qartanay, neniy) qartana (crh)
• Czech: babička z otcovy strany (cs) f
• Danish: farmor (da) c, bedstemor (da) c
• Dutch: grootmoeder (nl) (van vaderszijde (nl)) f, oma (nl) f, bomma (nl) f (Flemish), bonbonneke (nl) n (Flemish)
• Finnish: isänäiti (fi)
• French: grand-mère paternelle (fr) f
• German: Großmutter väterlicherseits f
• Italian: nonna paterna (it) f
• Japanese: 内祖母 (ja) (ないそぼ, naisobo)

• Korean: 친할머니 (ko) (chinhalmeoni)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نه‌نه‌ (ckb) f

• Latin: avia paternalis (la) f
• Martuthunira: kawarli
• Ngarrindjeri: muthanu
• Norwegian: farmor (no)
• Russian: бабушка (ru) (bábuška) f (по отцо́вской ли́нии)
• Scottish Gaelic: seanmhair athaireil (gd) f
• Spanish: abuela paterna (es) f
• Swedish: farmor (sv) c
• Taos: àłu’úna
• Telugu: నాన్నమ్మ (te)
• Thai: ย่า (th) (yaa)
• Turkish: babaanne (tr)
• Vietnamese: bà nội (vi)

Related terms

• maternal grandmother
• maternal grandfather
• paternal grandfather