paternal uncle

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Noun

paternal uncle (plural paternal uncles)

1. A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Related terms

• maternal uncle
• paternal aunt

Translations

Several languages distinguish between blood paternal uncles (one's father's brothers) and in-law paternal uncles (one's father's brothers-in-law).

brother of one's father

• Albanian: xhaxha (sq) m, dajë (sq) m (father's brother-in-law)
• Arabic: عَمّ (ar) m (ʕamm)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܡܵܐ m (ʿamā), ܕܵܕܵܐ m (dādā)

  Turoyo: ܥܰܡܡܐ (cammo)

• Armenian: հորեղբայր (hy) (horeġbayr)
• Azerbaijani: əmi (az)
• Bengali: কাকা (bn) (kaka), চাচা (bn) m (caca) (father's brother), ফুফা (bn) m (phupha) (father's brother-in-law)
• Bulgarian: чичо (bg) m (čičo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伯父 (zh) (bófù), 伯伯 (zh) (bóbo) (father’s elder brother), 叔父 (zh) (shūfù), 叔叔 (zh) (shūshu) (father’s younger brother), 姑父 (zh) (gūfu), 姑丈 (zh) (gūzhàng) (father's brother-in-law)

  Teochew: 阿伯 (a¹ bêh⁴), 伯 (bêh⁴) (father’s elder brother), 阿叔 (a¹ zêg⁴), 叔 (zêg⁴) (father's younger brother), 阿丈 (a¹ dion⁶), 丈 (dion⁶) (father's brother-in-law)

• Crimean Tatar: emce
• Czech: strýc (cs) m
• Danish: farbror (da) c (blood paternal uncle), onkel (da) c (in-law paternal uncle / informal)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} oom (nl) m, (Flemish) nonkel (nl) m
• Ewe: tɔgã (father's elder brother), tɔɖe (father's younger brother)
• Finnish: setä (fi), setäpuoli (father's brother-in-law)
• French: oncle (fr) m, tonton (fr) m (informal), oncle paternel m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: omke m

• Georgian: ბიძა მამის მხრიდან (biʒa mamis mxridan)
• German: Onkel (de) m
• Gooniyandi: ngaboo
• Greek: θείος (el) m (theíos)
• Hebrew: דּוֹד (he) m (dod)
• Hindi: ताऊ (hi) m (tāū) (father's elder brother), चाचा (hi) m (cācā) (father's younger brother), फूफा (hi) m (phūphā) (father's brother-in-law)
• Hungarian: apai (ágról való) nagybácsi
• Icelandic: föðurbróðir (is) m
• Interlingua: oncle
• Irish: uncail m, uncail athartha m
• Italian: zio (it) m, zio paterno m
• Japanese: (older) 伯父 (ja) (oji, hakufu) (humble); 伯父さん (ja) (ojisan) (polite); 伯父貴 (ja) (ojiki) (honorific); (younger) 叔父 (ja) (oji, shukufu) (humble); 叔父さん (ja) (ojisan) (polite); 叔父貴 (ja) (ojiki) (honorific)
• Kabyle: zizi m
• Kashmiri: پیٔتٕر (ks) (pyạtụr) (father’s brother), پۄپھُو (ks) (pọphuv) (father's brother-in-law)
• Korean: 친삼촌 (ko) (chinsamchon)
• Krisa: tani baʼ (father's elder brother), tani pung (father's younger brother)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مام (ckb) (mam)

  Northern Kurdish: mam (ku) m, ap (ku) m

• Latin: patruus (la) m, barbas (Medieval), barbanus (Medieval)
• Macedonian: чичко (mk) (čičko), стрико m (striko)
• Manx: braar ayrey m
• Marathi: काका m (kākā)
• Meriam: bab
• Montana Salish: smamáʔ
• Navajo: abízhí
• Nupe: ǹdági
• Old English: fædera m
• Old Tupi: uba
• Pashto: تره (ps) m (trae)
• Persian: عمو (fa) ('amu), افدر (fa) sg (afdar), کاکا (fa) (kâkâ) (chiefly Dari)
• Pitjantjatjara: (younger brother) mama maḻatja, (older brother) mama puḻka
• Polish: stryj (pl) m pers, stryjek (pl) m pers, wuj (pl) m pers, wujek (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: tio (pt), tio paterno (pt)
• Quechua: yaya
• Romanian: unchi (ro) m, unchi după tată m
• Russian: дя́дя (ru) m (djádja), дя́дя по отцу́ m (djádja po otcú), дя́дя по отцо́вской ли́нии m (djádja po otcóvskoj línii)
• Sanskrit: पितृव्य (sa) m (pitṛvya)
• Scottish Gaelic: bràthair-athar m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стриц m, амиџа m (regional, non-standard); (father's brother-in-law) тетак m, течо m

  Latin: stric m, amidža m (regional, non-standard); (father's brother-in-law) tetak m, tečo m

• Seri: aaitz (younger)
• Sinhalese: බාප්පා (bāppā) (father’s younger brother), ලොකු තාත්තා (loku tāttā) (father’s elder brother)
• Slovene: stric (sl) m, dundo m
• Spanish: tío (es) m, tío paterno m
• Swahili: amu, ami (sw)
• Swedish: farbror (sv) c, onkel (sv) c; (father's brother-in-law) far (sv)s svåger (sv) c, ingift (sv) farbror (sv) c
• Tajik: амак (tg) (amak)
• Tamil: பெரியப்பா (ta) (periyappā) (father’s elder brother), சித்தப்பா (ta) (cittappā) (father’s younger brother), ^{(please verify)} அத்திம்பேர் (ta) (attimpēr) (father's brother-in-law)
• Taos: tų̀łuʼúna
• Thai: ลุง (th) (lung) (father’s elder brother), อา (th) (aa) (father’s younger brother)
• Tibetan: ཨ་ཁུ (a khu)
• Torres Strait Creole: ankel
• Turkish: amca (tr), enişte (tr) (father's brother-in-law), emmi (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: عموجه (ʼamuca), عم (ʼamm)

• Urdu: تایَا m (tāyā) (older), تائے اَبُّو m (tāe abbū) (older, endearing) چَچا m (cacā) (younger), چاچا m (cācā) (younger, uncommon), پُھپّا m (phuppā) (father's brother-in-law)
• Vietnamese: bác (vi) (father’s elder brother), chú (vi) (father’s younger brother)
• Wappo: ʔóša (father's elder brother)
• Zazaki: ded (diq)