maternal aunt
maternal aunt noun: a sister of one's mother.
Noun
maternal aunt (plural maternal aunts)
- A sister of one's mother.
- A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle.
- A similar great aunt, etc.
maternal aunt meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
maternal aunt in Hindi
- one's mother's sister
- मौसी mausī
- one's mother's sister-in-law
- मामी māmī
maternal aunt in Tamil
- one's mother's sister
- பெரியம்மா periyammā, சித்தி citti
- one's mother's sister-in-law
- அத்தை attai, மாமி māmi
maternal aunt in Marathi
- one's mother's sister
- माउशी māuśī, मावशी māvśī
maternal aunt in Urdu
- one's mother's sister
- خالَہ xāla, ماسی māsī
- one's mother's sister-in-law
- مُمانی mumānī, مامی māmī
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- maternal aunt in Bengali
- খালা khala, মই moi, মামী mami, মামানী mamani
- maternal aunt in Telugu
- పిన్ని pinni, పెదమ్మ pedamma, అత్త atta
- maternal aunt in Malayalam
- അമ്മായി ammāyi
- maternal aunt in Kannada
- ಸೋದರತ್ತೆ
- maternal aunt in Punjabi
- ماسی māsī
- maternal aunt in Gujarati
- મામી māmī, માસી māsī, ખાલા khālā
- maternal aunt in Odia
- ମାଉସୀ māusi
- maternal aunt in Sanskrit
- मातुःष्वसृ mātuḥṣvasṛ, मातुला mātulā, मातुलानी mātulānī
- maternal aunt in Arabic
- خَالَة ḵāla
- maternal aunt in Persian
- خاله xâle
- maternal aunt in Thai
- น้า náa
- Kashmiri
- ماس mās, مامَنؠ māman'
Forms of maternal aunt
| plural | maternal aunts |
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Questions about maternal aunt
- What does maternal aunt mean?
- Maternal aunt means a sister of one's mother.
- What is maternal aunt in Hindi?
- Maternal aunt in Hindi is मौसी (mausī), मामी (māmī). See Maternal aunt meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maternal aunt?
- Maternal aunt is a noun.
- What is the plural of maternal aunt?
- The plural of maternal aunt is maternal aunts.
Words near maternal aunt in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: maternal aunt (page history and authors); maternal aunt (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ماسی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ખાલા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ମାଉସୀ (Odia) (page history and authors); मातुःष्वसृ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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