Home / Languages / Kinship terms Within each part of the family, the relations recorded by the most sources come first; ties are alphabetical.
Parents mother The 5 sources' own words Table 1 Core consanguineal relations in Marwari […] M -(mother) ma sa G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
मा–सं० स्त्री० [सं० मातृ, मा] १ जन्म देने वाली माता, जननी, अंबा । […] अल्पा०—मांवड़ली, मावड़ी, मावडी । मह०—मावड़ । Rajasthani Sabad Kos (Rajasthani-Hindi Vrihat Kosh), Khand 3, Jild 3 (भ–म), ed. Sitaram Lalas, first edition (DLI scan; undated in DLI record, published after the Jan. 1971 second jild per its own preface) , p. 3677 (scan leaf 444) · Rajasthani (general; the dictionary does not localise these entries) · read from a scan.
father The 3 sources' own words Table 1 Core consanguineal relations in Marwari […] F- (father) baba sa / babu sa / bapusa G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
father / elder brother (honorific) The source's own words father / father's elder brother (honorific form of address) The source's own words parents The source's own words Grandparents father's father (paternal grandfather) The 2 sources' own words the paternal grandfather is referred to as dadɔsa or dadusa, while the maternal grandfather is known as nana sa or nanusa. Likewise, dadisa denotes the paternal grandmother and nanisa the maternal grandmother. Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
father's mother (paternal grandmother) The 2 sources' own words Likewise, dadisa denotes the paternal grandmother and nanisa the maternal grandmother. Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
mother's father (maternal grandfather) The 2 sources' own words the paternal grandfather is referred to as dadɔsa or dadusa, while the maternal grandfather is known as nana sa or nanusa. Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
mother's mother (maternal grandmother) The 2 sources' own words Likewise, dadisa denotes the paternal grandmother and nanisa the maternal grandmother. Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
great-grandfather, father's side (FFF, FMF) The source's own words Table 2 Kin relations through the great-grandparents’ generation […] FFF, FMF pərˈdada G+3 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
great-grandfather, mother's side (MFF, MMF) The source's own words Table 2 Kin relations through the great-grandparents’ generation […] MFF, MMF pərˈnana G+3 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
great-grandmother, father's side (FFM, FMM) The source's own words Table 2 Kin relations through the great-grandparents’ generation […] FFM, FMM pərˈdadi G+3 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
great-grandmother, mother's side (MFM, MMM) The source's own words Table 2 Kin relations through the great-grandparents’ generation […] MFM, MMM pərˈnani G+3 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
Brothers, sisters and cousins elder sister The 3 sources' own words Table 1 Core consanguineal relations in Marwari […] eZ- (elder sister) bʰen / ɟiɟi G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
brother The 2 sources' own words भाई–सं० पु० [सं० भ्रातृ] १ किसी जीवधारी के संबंध के विचार से वह नर प्राणी जो उसी के माता-पिता या पिता से उत्पन्न हुआ हो । […] अल्पा०—भइयौ, भाइड़उ, भाईड़ौ, भाईयौ, भैयौ, भायौ । Rajasthani Sabad Kos (Rajasthani-Hindi Vrihat Kosh), Khand 3, Jild 3 (भ–म), ed. Sitaram Lalas, first edition (DLI scan; undated in DLI record, published after the Jan. 1971 second jild per its own preface) , p. 3334 (scan leaf 101) · Rajasthani (general; the dictionary does not localise these entries) · read from a scan.
elder brother The 2 sources' own words Table 1 Core consanguineal relations in Marwari […] eB- (elder brother) bʰaisa / bʰaiɟi G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
brother (elder / younger distinguished) The source's own words brother (in folk songs) The source's own words cousin, female, elder (daughter of father's or mother's sibling) The source's own words Table 5 Kin relations through the father’s and mother’s siblings […] F(BeD/ZeD), M(BeD/ZeD) bʰen / ɟiɟi G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 48 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
cousin, female, younger (daughter of father's or mother's sibling) The source's own words Table 5 Kin relations through the father’s and mother’s siblings […] F(ByD/ZyD), M(ByD/ZyD) bʰen G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 48 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
elder brother (syllabified in the source as b’aI-sa) The source's own words father (also brother) The source's own words full (uterine) brother The source's own words full (uterine) sister The source's own words nephew (glossed only as 'nephew'; the form is the brother's-son term) The source's own words niece (glossed only as 'niece'; the form is the brother's-daughter term) The source's own words parallel/cross cousin, male (children of father's or mother's siblings), elder or younger The source's own words Table 5 Kin relations through the father’s and mother’s siblings […] F(BeS/ZeS), M(BeS/ZeS) bʰai G=0 F(ByS/ ZyS), M(ByS/ZyS) bʰai G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 48 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
sister The source's own words sister (source gloss 'sister /elder(e.) /younger(y.)'; forms not assigned to elder or younger) The source's own words sons of father's elder / younger brother (patrilateral parallel cousins) The source's own words younger brother The source's own words Table 1 Core consanguineal relations in Marwari […] yB- (younger brother) bʰai G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
younger sister The source's own words Table 1 Core consanguineal relations in Marwari […] yZ- (younger sister) bʰen G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
Father's side father's sister's husband The 3 sources' own words Table 3 Kin relations through the father’s generation […] F(eZH / yZH) Fufasa G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
father's elder brother The 2 sources' own words Table 3 Kin relations through the father’s generation […] F(eB) tauɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
father's sister The 2 sources' own words भूआ–सं० स्त्री० [सं० पुष्पा, पुप्फा, पुबपा, भुआ, बुआ] पिता की बहिन । […] रू० भे०—भुआ, भुवा, भूवा । Rajasthani Sabad Kos (Rajasthani-Hindi Vrihat Kosh), Khand 3, Jild 3 (भ–म), ed. Sitaram Lalas, first edition (DLI scan; undated in DLI record, published after the Jan. 1971 second jild per its own preface) , p. 3413 (scan leaf 180) · Rajasthani (general; the dictionary does not localise these entries) · read from a scan.
father's younger brother The 2 sources' own words Table 3 Kin relations through the father’s generation […] F(yB) kakɔsa G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
father's younger brother's wife The 2 sources' own words Table 3 Kin relations through the father’s generation […] F(yBW) Kakisa G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
father's brother's child (adjective: of the paternal-uncle line) The source's own words father's brothers' wives, collectively (paternal aunts by marriage, younger and elder) The source's own words father's elder brother's wife The source's own words Table 3 Kin relations through the father’s generation […] F(eBW) taiɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
father's sister (as used in a Rajput proverb; Karve glosses the proverb, not each word) The source's own words father's sister (elder or younger) The source's own words Table 3 Kin relations through the father’s generation […] F(eZ / yZ) Buasa G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
father's younger brother (with honorific -जी) The source's own words Mother's side mother's sister's husband The 3 sources' own words Table 4 Kin relations through the mother’s generation […] M(eZH / yZH) mɔsasa G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
mother's brother's daughter The 2 sources' own words mother's brother's wife The 2 sources' own words Table 4 Kin relations through the mother’s generation […] M(eBW / yBW) Mamisa G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
mother's brother The source's own words mother's brother (elder or younger) The source's own words Marwari uses the same term, /mamasa/, for both the mother’s elder and younger brother, and /mamisa/ for their wives. Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
mother's brother (maternal uncle) The source's own words mother's brother's son The source's own words mother's natal home (maternal grandparents' house) The source's own words mother's sister The source's own words मासी–सं० स्त्री० [सं० मातृष्वसा, पा० मातुच्छा, प्रा० मउच्छा माउसिआ] १ मां की बहन, मौसी । […] रू० भे०—मांवसी, मावसी, मासि । Rajasthani Sabad Kos (Rajasthani-Hindi Vrihat Kosh), Khand 3, Jild 3 (भ–म), ed. Sitaram Lalas, first edition (DLI scan; undated in DLI record, published after the Jan. 1971 second jild per its own preface) , p. 3730 (scan leaf 497) · Rajasthani (general; the dictionary does not localise these entries) · read from a scan.
mother's sister (elder or younger) The source's own words Table 4 Kin relations through the mother’s generation […] M(eZ / yZ) Mausisa G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 47 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
mother's sister's child (cousin) The source's own words Husband and wife husband The 3 sources' own words Table 17 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s husband’s generation […] H dʰəɳi / bind G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
wife The 3 sources' own words Table 16 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s wife’s generation […] W lʊgai G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
bride The source's own words bridegroom The source's own words wife (newly married) The source's own words Children and grandchildren daughter The 3 sources' own words Table 1 Core consanguineal relations in Marwari […] D- (daughter) beʈi / cʰori G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
son The 3 sources' own words Table 1 Core consanguineal relations in Marwari […] S- (son) betɔ / cʰorɔ G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
child The 2 sources' own words Table 1 Core consanguineal relations in Marwari […] C- (child) ʈabər / kəpɽɔ G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 46 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
daughter's daughter The 2 sources' own words Table 8 Kin relations through the child generation […] DD Dohiti G-2 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 49 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
daughter's son The 2 sources' own words Table 8 Kin relations through the child generation […] DS dohitɔ G-2 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 49 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
child, children, offspring The source's own words grandchild (gloss as printed: 'grand son/ grand daughter'; the form is the daughter's-son term in the other sources) The source's own words granddaughter (as glossed; line of descent not specified) The source's own words Table 21 shows the use of the suffix /-ni/, where /nati/ (grandson) becomes /natinii/ (granddaughter). Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
grandson (as glossed; line of descent not specified) The source's own words Table 21 shows the use of the suffix /-ni/, where /nati/ (grandson) becomes /natinii/ (granddaughter). Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
son (also boy, child) The source's own words son's daughter The source's own words Table 8 Kin relations through the child generation […] SD Poti G-2 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 49 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
son's son The source's own words Table 8 Kin relations through the child generation […] SS potɔ G-2 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 49 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
Nephews and nieces brother's son The 2 sources' own words Table 6 Kin relations through the male ego’s generation […] BS bʰatiɟɔ G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 48 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
sister's son The 2 sources' own words Table 6 Kin relations through the male ego’s generation […] ZS bʰanɟɔ G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 48 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
भांणेज, भांणेजौ–सं० पु० (स्त्री० भांणजी, भांणेजी) बहिन का पुत्र भानजा । […] रू० भे०—भांणजौ, भांणिजौ, भांणू । Rajasthani Sabad Kos (Rajasthani-Hindi Vrihat Kosh), Khand 3, Jild 3 (भ–म), ed. Sitaram Lalas, first edition (DLI scan; undated in DLI record, published after the Jan. 1971 second jild per its own preface) , p. 3329 (scan leaf 96) · Rajasthani (general; the dictionary does not localise these entries) · read from a scan.
brother's daughter The source's own words Table 6 Kin relations through the male ego’s generation […] BD bʰatiɟi G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 48 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
sister's daughter The source's own words Table 6 Kin relations through the male ego’s generation […] ZD bʰanɟi G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 48 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
In-laws daughter's husband (son-in-law) The 2 sources' own words Table 12 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s children […] D(H/DH), S(DH) ɟawai / pawnɔ G=0, -1, -2 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 50 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
elder brother's wife The 2 sources' own words Table 11 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s siblings […] G(eBW) bʰɔɟai G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 49 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
elder sister's husband The 2 sources' own words Table 11 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s siblings (continued) […] G(eZH) ɟiɟaɟi G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 50 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
husband's elder brother The 2 sources' own words Table 17 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s husband’s generation […] H(eB) ɟetʰɟi G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
husband's sister's husband The 2 sources' own words Table 17 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s husband’s generation […] H(eZH/yZH) nənədɔi G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
husband's younger brother The 2 sources' own words Table 17 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s husband’s generation […] H(yB) deʊar G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
husband's younger brother's wife The 2 sources' own words Table 17 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s husband’s generation […] H(yBW) deʊrani G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's father (father-in-law) The 2 sources' own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(F) huɽɔɟi / hɔɽaɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's father's sister The 2 sources' own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(FeZ/FyZ) buarhasuɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's father's sister's husband The 2 sources' own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(FeZH/FyZH) fufərhuɽɔɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's mother (mother-in-law) The 2 sources' own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(M) hasuɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's mother's brother The 2 sources' own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(MeB/MyB) mamərhuroɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's mother's brother's wife The 2 sources' own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(MeBW/MyBW) mamərhasuɟi G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's mother's sister The 2 sources' own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(MeZ/MyZ) mausirhasuɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's mother's sister's husband The 2 sources' own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(MeZH/MyZH) mausirhuroɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
bride; wife; son's wife (daughter-in-law); younger brother's wife The source's own words brother-in-law (undifferentiated English gloss) The source's own words brother's daughter's husband The source's own words Table 15 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s siblings’ children […] B(DH) bʰatiɟiɟawai G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
brother's son's wife The source's own words Table 15 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s siblings’ children […] B(SW) bʰatiɟɔbinani G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
child's father-in-law (co-father-in-law) The source's own words child's mother-in-law (co-mother-in-law) The source's own words child's parent-in-law and their family (co-in-law) The source's own words child's parents-in-law (co-parents-in-law) The source's own words child's spouse's father (co-father-in-law; son's wife's father / daughter's husband's father) The source's own words Table 14 Affinal kin relations through the parents’ children […] S(WF), D(HF) byayiɟi G-0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 50 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
child's spouse's mother (co-mother-in-law; son's wife's mother / daughter's husband's mother) The source's own words Table 14 Affinal kin relations through the parents’ children […] S(WM), D(HM) byanɟi G-0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 50 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
daughter's husband The source's own words elder brother's wife; also husband's elder brother's wife The source's own words eldest son's wife The source's own words husband of a cousin (parent's sister's or brother's daughter's husband) The source's own words Table 13 Affinal kin relations through the parents’ siblings […] P(ZDeH/ZDyH) ɟawai G=0 P(BDeH/BDyH) ɟawai G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 50 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
husband's elder brother (bare form, without honorific) The source's own words Table 21 Use of the suffix /-ni/ in kinship terms […] HeB /ɟetʰ/ HeBW /ɟetʰani/ /ni/ Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 53 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
husband's elder brother's son (husband's nephew) The source's own words husband's elder brother's wife The source's own words Table 17 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s husband’s generation […] H(eBW) ɟetʰaniɟi G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
husband's elder brother's wife (bare form, without honorific) The source's own words Table 21 Use of the suffix /-ni/ in kinship terms […] HeB /ɟetʰ/ HeBW /ɟetʰani/ /ni/ Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 53 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
husband's elder brother's wife (given as the feminine of जेठ) The source's own words husband's sister The source's own words husband's sister (elder or younger) The source's own words Table 17 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s husband’s generation […] H(eZ/yZ) nənəd G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
husband's sister's daughter (alternative form) The source's own words husband's sister's daughter (husband's niece) The source's own words husband's sister's son (alternative form) The source's own words husband's sister's son (husband's nephew) The source's own words husband's younger brother's daughter The source's own words husband's younger brother's son The source's own words in-laws' home (spouse's parental home) The source's own words sister-in-law (item 494; undifferentiated English gloss) The source's own words sister-in-law (undifferentiated English gloss; list mixes brother's wife, husband's sister and wife's sister terms) The source's own words sister's daughter's husband The source's own words Table 15 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s siblings’ children […] Z(DH) bʰanɟiɟawai G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
sister's son's wife The source's own words Table 15 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s siblings’ children […] Z(SW) bʰanɟɔbinani G-1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
son's wife (daughter-in-law) The source's own words Table 12 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s children […] S(W/SW), D(SW) binani/ bindəni G=0, -1, -2 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 50 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's father's elder brother The source's own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(FeB) baderhuɽɔɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's father's elder brother's wife The source's own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(FeBW) baderhasuɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's father's younger brother The source's own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(FyB) kakerhuɽɔɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's father's younger brother (in-law uncle) The source's own words spouse's father's younger brother's wife The source's own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(FyBW) kakerhasuɟi G+1 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's father's younger brother's wife (in-law aunt) The source's own words spouse's grandfather (father-in-law's father); also father-in-law's elder brother The source's own words spouse's grandfather (spouse's father's or mother's father) The source's own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(FF/MF) dadərhuroɟi G+2 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's grandmother (father-in-law's mother); also mother-in-law's elder sister-in-law The source's own words spouse's grandmother (spouse's father's or mother's mother) The source's own words Table 18 Affinal kin relations through the spouse’s generation […] E(FM/MM) dadərhasuɟi G+2 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 52 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
spouse's maternal grandfather The source's own words spouse's maternal grandmother The source's own words spouse's paternal grandfather (father-in-law's father) The source's own words spouse's paternal grandmother (mother-in-law's mother-in-law) The source's own words term of address for mother and for father's elder brother's wife The source's own words wife of a cousin (parent's sister's or brother's son's wife) The source's own words Table 13 Affinal kin relations through the parents’ siblings […] P(ZSeW/ZSyW) Binani G=0 P(BSeW/BSyW) Binani G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 50 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
wife's brother The source's own words साळौ, साळौ–सं. पु. [सं. श्यालक] पत्नी का भाई । […] रू. भे.—साळउ, सालौ, सालौ, साल्हइ, साल्हउ, साल्हु । Rajasthani Sabad Kos (Rajasthani-Hindi Vrihat Kosh), Khand 4, Jild 3 (स–ह), ed. Sitaram Lalas, first edition (DLI scan, undated in DLI record) , p. 5544 (scan leaf 461) · Rajasthani (general; the dictionary does not localise these entries) · read from a scan.
wife's brother's wife (elder or younger brother) The source's own words Table 16 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s wife’s generation […] W(eBW) bʰabiɟi G=0 […] W(yBW) bʰabiɟi G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
wife's elder brother The source's own words Table 16 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s wife’s generation […] W(eB) sala / salɔ G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
wife's sister The source's own words wife's sister (elder or younger) The source's own words Table 16 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s wife’s generation […] W(eZ) sali G=0 […] W(yZ) sali G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
wife's sister's husband The source's own words wife's sister's husband (elder or younger sister) The source's own words Table 16 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s wife’s generation […] W(eZH) sadʰuɟi G=0 […] W(yZH) sadʰuɟi G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
wife's younger brother The source's own words Table 16 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s wife’s generation […] W(yB) sala G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 51 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
younger brother's wife The source's own words Table 11 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s siblings […] G(yBW) bindəni G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 49 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
younger sister's husband The source's own words Table 11 Affinal kin relations through the ego’s siblings (continued) […] G(yZH) pawnɔ G=0 Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study (Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43-56, doi:10.22363/2521-442X-2025-9-2-43-56) , p. 50 · Marwari (Marwar region, Rajasthan); five native speakers, dialect not specified.
Other relations ancestor The source's own words Sources Goswami, R. & Shougrakpam, D., “Kinship terms in Marwari: A sociolinguistic study”, Training, Language and Culture 9(2), 2025, pp. 43–56, RUDN University. Published under CC BY-NC 4.0, which permits non-commercial reuse with attribution. Language Division, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Linguistic Survey of India: Rajasthan , Part I (2011), the comparative lexicon’s Marwari column. G. A. Grierson, Linguistic Survey of India , vol. IX part II (1908), the Rajasthani word list. Sitaram Lalas, Rajasthani-Hindi Sankshipt Shabdakosh and Rajasthani Sabad Kos ; Badri Prasad and Bhupati Ram Sakariya, Rajasthani-Hindi Shabd Kosh (1984). Irawati Karve, Kinship Organisation in India (1953); Chandni Sarda, Organization of Kinship and Family in Marwari Community , MPhil dissertation, Christ University (2016). Every source but Grierson’s is in copyright, and each is quoted one entry at a time, with its page, as a reference work would. Read 25 Sept 2026. A relation with one source is printed as that source has it and marked with its name; where sources differ, all are printed.