uncle in Arabic
عَمّ ʕamm
/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/
uncle in Arabic: عَمّ (ʕamm), خَال (ḵāl), زَوْجُ العَمّة (zawju l-ʕamma), زَوْجُ الخالة (zawju l-ḵāla). In English, uncle means the brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
Arabic words for uncle
- brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent
- عَمّ ʕamm, خَال ḵāl, زَوْجُ العَمّة zawju l-ʕamma, زَوْجُ الخالة zawju l-ḵāla
English meaning of uncle
- noun The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
- noun The male cousin of one’s parent.
- noun Used as a fictive kinship title for a close male friend of one's parent or parents.
- noun Used as a title for the male companion to one's (usually unmarried) parent.
Synonyms of uncle
uncle in other languages
- uncle in Hindi
- uncle in Tamil
- uncle in Marathi
- uncle in Urdu
- uncle in Bengali
- uncle in Telugu
- uncle in Malayalam
- uncle in Kannada
- uncle in Punjabi
- uncle in Gujarati
- uncle in Odia
- uncle in Sanskrit
- uncle in Sinhala
- uncle in Assamese
- uncle in Nepali
- uncle in Pashto
- uncle in Tagalog
- uncle in Malay
- uncle in Indonesian
- uncle in Thai
- uncle in Vietnamese
- uncle in Myanmar
Questions about uncle in Arabic
- What is the meaning of uncle in Arabic?
- Uncle in Arabic is عَمّ (ʕamm), خَال (ḵāl), زَوْجُ العَمّة (zawju l-ʕamma), زَوْجُ الخالة (zawju l-ḵāla).
- ما معنى كلمة uncle؟
- Uncle: عَمّ (ʕamm), خَال (ḵāl), زَوْجُ العَمّة (zawju l-ʕamma), زَوْجُ الخالة (zawju l-ḵāla).
- What does uncle mean in English?
- Uncle means the brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
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