maternal grandmother
maternal grandmother noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal, grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.).
Noun
maternal grandmother (plural maternal grandmothers)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal, grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
maternal grandmother meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
maternal grandmother in Hindi
- The mother of one's mother
- नानी nānī
maternal grandmother in Tamil
- The mother of one's mother
- அம்மாய் ammāy, அம்மாயி ammāyi, அம்மாச்சி ammācci, அம்மம்மா ammammā
maternal grandmother in Urdu
- maternal grandmother
- نانی nānī
maternal grandmother in Bengali
- The mother of one's mother
- নানী nani
More languagesFewer languages
- maternal grandmother in Telugu
- అమ్మమ్మ ammamma, మాతామహి mātāmahi
- maternal grandmother in Gujarati
- નાની nānī, દાદી dādī
- maternal grandmother in Sanskrit
- मातामही mātāmahī
- maternal grandmother in Thai
- ยาย yaai
- maternal grandmother in Vietnamese
- bà ngoại
Forms of maternal grandmother
| plural | maternal grandmothers |
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Questions about maternal grandmother
- What does maternal grandmother mean?
- Maternal grandmother means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal, grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.).
- What is maternal grandmother in Hindi?
- Maternal grandmother in Hindi is नानी (nānī). See Maternal grandmother meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maternal grandmother?
- Maternal grandmother is a noun.
- What is the plural of maternal grandmother?
- The plural of maternal grandmother is maternal grandmothers.
Words near maternal grandmother in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: maternal grandmother (page history and authors); نانی (Urdu) (page history and authors); દાદી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); मातामही (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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