The Serbian language is one of the richest languages regarding kinship terminology. The Serbs are family oriented and employ many terms whose equivalents can not be found in any foreign language, including other closely related Slavic languages. Some explain this by pointing to the fact that of all the Slavs, the Serbs were the only ones to retain the original zadrugas (extended families) up until the 20th century.
Direct Descendance and Ancestry
| Serbian (Cyrilic/Latin) | Transliteration | Relation | English translation
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| чукунунука / čukununuka | chew-coon-ooh-nukah | 5th female descendant | grand-grand-grand-daughter
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| чукунунук / čukununuk | chew-coon-ooh-nuke | 5th male descendant | grand-grand-grand-son
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| праунука / praunuka | prah-ooh-nukah | 4th female descendant | grand-grand-daughter
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| праунук / praunuk | prah-ooh-nuke | 4th male descendant | grand-grand-son
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| унука / unuka | ooh-nukah | grand-daughter | grand-daughter
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| унук / unuk | ooh-nuke | grand-son | grand-son
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| ћерка / ćerka | cher-kah | daughter | daughter
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| син / sin | seen | son | son
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| мајка / majka | my-kah | mother | mother
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| отац / otac | oh-tatz | father | father
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| баба / baba | bah-bah | grandmother | grandmother
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| д(ј)ед / d(j)ed | dead/dyead | grandfather | grandfather
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| прабаба / prababa | prah-bah-bah | great-grandmother | great-grandmother
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| прадјед / prad(j)ed | prah-dead/prah-dyed | great-grandfather | great-grandfather
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| прапрабаба / praprababa | prah-prah-bah-bah | 4th female ancestor | great-great-grandmother
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| прапрад(ј)ед / praprad(j)ed | prah-prah-dead/prah-dyed | 4th male ancestor | great-great-grandfather
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| чукунбаба / čukunbaba | chew-coon-bah-bah | 5th female ancestor | great-great-great-grandmother
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| чукунд(ј)ед / čukund(j)ed | chew-coon-dead/dyed | 5th male ancestor | great-great-great-grandfather
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| наврнбаба / navrnbaba | nah-vern-bah-bah | 6th female ancestor | great-great-great-grandmother
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| наврнд(ј)ед / navrnd(j)ed | nah-vern-dead/dyed | 6th male ancestor | great-great-great-grandfather
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Direct Siblingry Relation
| Serbian (Cyrilic / Latin) | Transliteration | English translation
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| брат / brat | braht | brother
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| сестра / sestra | seh-strah | sister
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Indirect Ancestry, Descendance and Legal Relation
| Serbian (Cyrilic / Latin) | Transliteration | Relation | English translation
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| стриц / stric | streets | father's brother | uncle
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| стрина / strina | stree-nah | father's brother wife | aunt
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| ујак / ujak | oo-yak | mother's brother | uncle
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| ујна / ujna | ooy-nah | mother's brother's wife | aunt
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| тетка / tetka | tet-kah | father's/mother's sister | aunt
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| тетак / tetak | teh-tak | father's/mother's sister's husband | uncle
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Legal kinship
| Serbian (Cyrilic / Latin) | Transliteration | Relation | English translation
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| свекар / svekar | sve-KAR | wife's father-in-law | father-in-law
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| свекрва / svekrva | sve-KRVA | wife's mother-in-law | mother-in-law
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| таст / tast | TAh-st | husband's father-in-law | father-in-law
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| ташта / tašta | TAh-shta | husband's mother-in-law | mother-in-law
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| зет / zet | zet | son-in-law | son-in-law
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| снаха / snaha | snah-hah | daughter-in-law | daughter-in-law
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| шурак / šurak | shoo-RAK | wife's brother | brother-in-law
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| шурњаја / šurnjaja | shoor-NYA-yah | wife's brother's wife | sister-in-law
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| свастика / svastika | svah-stee-kah | wife's sister | sister-in-law
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| сваст / svast | svah-st | wife's sister's husband |
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| д(ј)евер / d(j)ever | deh-ver/dye-ver | husband's brother | brother-in-law
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| заова / zaova | zaoh-vah | husband's sister | sister-in-law
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| пашеног / pašenog | pah-sheh-nog | husband of wife's sister |
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| јетрва / jetrva | yeah-trva | wife of husband's brother |
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