Family in Palestinian Arabic
Family in Palestinian Arabic
| (extended) family | 3ēla | عيْلة | |
| immediate family; household | dār | دار | |
| relatives | garāyib [pl.] | قرايِب | |
| I have some relatives that live in New York. | 3índi garāyib 3āyšīn bi-nyūyōrk. | عِنْدي قرايِب عايْشين بِنْيويوْرْك. | |
| is related to | byígrab (la-) | بْيِقْرب (لـ) | |
| Are you two related? | íntu -litnēn btígrabu la-bá3ɖ? | إنْتو الاِتْنيْن بْتِقْربوا لبعض؟ | |
| I'm not related to him. | ána ma bágrablu. | أنا ما بقْربْلو. | |
| father | ábu (abbahāt) | أبو (أبّهات) | |
| mother | amm (ammahāt) | أمّ (أمّهات) | |
| my mother and father | ámmi w abūwi | أمّي وأبوي | |
| dad | yāba | يابا | |
| mom | yámma | يَمّا | |
| Hi, Dad! | márɧaba, yāba! | مرْحبا يابا! | |
| Where are you, Mom? | wēnik yámma? | ويْنِك يَمّا؟ | |
| parents | áhil | أهِل | |
| son, (male) child | íbin (wlād) | اِبِن (وْلاد) | |
| daughter, (female) child | bínit (banāt) | بِنِت (بنات) | |
| Do you have any children? | 3índak wlād? | عِنْدك وْلاد؟ | |
| How many children do you have? | kam wálad 3índak? | كم وَلد عِنْدك؟ | |
| They have triplets. | 3índhum tálat táwāʔim. | عِنْدْهُم تلات تَوائِم. | |
| siblings | ixwāt [pl.] | إخْوات | |
| brother | áxu (ixwāt) | أخو (إخْوات) | |
| My brother and my friend's brother came with me. | axūwi w axū ʂāɧbi áju má3i. | أخوي وأخو صاحْبي أجو معي. | |
| sister | úxut (xawāt) | أُخُت (خَوات) | |
| older brother | ákbar áxu | أكْبر أخو | |
| younger sister | áʂɣar úxut | أصْغر أُخُت | |
| Do you have any brothers or sisters? | 3índak ixwāt aw xawāt? | عِندك إخْوات أَوْ خَوات؟ | |
| I have two older sisters and one younger brother. | 3índi uxtēn ákbar mínni w wáɧda áʂɣar. | عِنْدي أُخْتيْن أكْبر مِنّي وواحْدة أصْغر. | |
| I'm the youngest in my family. | ána áʂɣar wāɧad fi -l3ēla. | أنا أصْغر واحد في العيْلة. | |
| I'm the middle child/son. | ána -lwálad ílli bi-nnúʂʂ. | أنا الوَلد اللي بالنُّص. | |
| I'm an only child. | ána waɧīd. | أنا وَحيد. | |
| twin | táwʔam | تَوْأم | |
| twin | tōm | توْم | |
| Are you twins? | íntu tōm? | إنْتو توْم؟ | |
| Are you twins? | íntu táwʔam? | إنْتو تَوْأم؟ | |
| I have a twin brother. | 3índi áxu táwʔam. | عِنْدي أخُو تَوْأم. | |
| half-brother | áxu min ilʔábu | أخو مِن الأبو | |
| half-sister | úxut min ilʔámm | أُخُت مِن الأمّ | |
| He's my half-brother. | hāda axūwi min abūwi. | هادا أخوي مِن أبوي | |
| husband | jōz | جوْز | |
| husband | zōj | زوْج | |
| wife | mára | مرا | |
| __'s wife | mart __ | مرْت __ | |
| His wife came with him. | ájat mártu má3u. | أجت مرْتو معو. | |
| stepfather | jōz ilʔámm | جوْز الأمّ | |
| stepmother | mart ilʔábu | مرْت الأبو | |
| stepbrother | axūwi min mart abūwi | أخوي مِن مرْت أبوي | |
| stepsister | úxut min mart abūwi | أُخُت مِن مرْت أبوي | |
| stepson | íbin jōz | اِبِن جوْز | |
| stepson | íbin mart__ | اِبِن مرْت __ | |
| stepdaughter | bint zōj | بِنْت جوْز | |
| stepdaughter | bint mart__ | بِنْت مرْت __ | |
| grandfather | sīd (syād) | سيد (سْياد) | |
| grandmother | sitt | سِتّ | |
| grandma and grandpa | sítti w sīdi | سِتّي وسيدي | |
| great-grandfather | ábu sīd | أبو سيد | |
| grandson | ɧafīd (aɧfād) | حفيد (أحْفاد) | |
| granddaughter | ɧafīda | حفيدة | |
| grandchildren | aɧfād [pl.] | أحْفاد | |
| uncle (father's brother) | 3amm (3mām) | عمّ (عْمام) | |
| aunt (father's brother's wife) | mart 3amm | مرْت عمّ | |
| aunt (father's sister) | 3ámma | عمّة | |
| uncle (father's sister's husband) | jōz 3ámma | جوْز عمّة | |
| uncle (mother's brother) | xāl (xwāl) | خال (خْوال) | |
| aunt (mother's brother's wife) | mart xāl | مرْت خال | |
| aunt (mother's sister) | xāla | خالة | |
| uncle (mother's sister's husband) | jōz xāla | جوْز خالة | |
| cousin (father's brother's son) | íbin 3amm | اِبِن عمّ | |
| cousin (father's brother's daughter) | bint 3amm | بِنْت عمّ | |
| cousin (father's sister's son) | íbin 3ámma | اِبِن عمّة | |
| cousin (father's sister's daughter) | bint 3ámma | بِنْت عمّة | |
| cousin (mother's brother's son) | íbin xāl | اِبِن خال | |
| cousin (mother's brother's daughter) | bint xāl | بِنْت خال | |
| cousin (mother's sister's son) | íbin xāla | اِبِن خالة | |
| cousin (mother's sister's daughter) | bint xāla | بِنْت خالة | |
| We're cousins. | íɧna wlād 3amm. | إحْنا وْلاد عمّ. | |
| orphan | yatīm (aytām) | يَتيم (أَيْتام) | |
| orphanage | dār ilʔaytām | دار الأَيْتام | |
| to adopt | (i)tbánna, yitbánna | اِتْبنّى، يِتْبنّى | |
| adoption | tabánni | تبنّي | |
| I was adopted. | ána -tbannūni. [lit. they adopted me] | أنا اتْبنّوني. | |
| an adopted son | íbin bi-ttabánni | اِبِن بِالتّبنّي | |
| adoptive parents | áhil bi-ttabánni | أهِل بِالتّبنّي | |
| ancestors, forefathers | syād [pl.] | سْياد | |
| descendents | aɧfād [pl.] | أحْفاد |
Family in Palestinian Arabic
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