maternal uncle
maternal uncle noun: the brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.).
Noun
maternal uncle (plural maternal uncles)
- The brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- The social organization of the Trobriand Islanders of Melane-
sia is characterized by matrilineal descent, free and familiar rela-
tions between father and son, and a marked antagonism between
maternal uncle and nephew.³¹ On the other hand, the patrilineal
Cherkess of the Caucasus place the...1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 42
- The social organization of the Trobriand Islanders of Melane-
maternal uncle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
maternal uncle in Hindi
- brother of one's mother
- मामा māmā, मौसा mausā
maternal uncle in Tamil
- brother of one's mother
- மாமா māmā, தாய்மாமன் tāymāmaṉ, அம்மான் ammāṉ, பெரியப்பா periyappā, சித்தப்பா cittappā
maternal uncle in Marathi
- brother of one's mother
- मामा māmā
maternal uncle in Urdu
- maternal uncle
- ماما māmā, ماموں māmū̃
More languagesFewer languages
- maternal uncle in Bengali
- মামা mama, খালু khalu
- maternal uncle in Telugu
- మామ māma
- maternal uncle in Malayalam
- അമ്മാവന് ammāvaṉ
- maternal uncle in Kannada
- ಮಾವ māva
- maternal uncle in Gujarati
- મામો māmo
- maternal uncle in Odia
- ମାମୁଁ māmũ
- maternal uncle in Sanskrit
- मातुल mātula
- maternal uncle in Sinhala
- මාමා māmā
- maternal uncle in Nepali
- मामा māmā
- maternal uncle in Pashto
- ماما
- maternal uncle in Arabic
- خَال ḵāl
- maternal uncle in Persian
- دایی dâ'i
- maternal uncle in Thai
- ลุง, น้า náa
- Kashmiri
- مام mām, ماسُو māsuv
Forms of maternal uncle
| plural | maternal uncles |
|---|
Questions about maternal uncle
- What does maternal uncle mean?
- Maternal uncle means the brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.).
- What is maternal uncle in Hindi?
- Maternal uncle in Hindi is मामा (māmā), मौसा (mausā). See Maternal uncle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maternal uncle?
- Maternal uncle is a noun.
- What is the plural of maternal uncle?
- The plural of maternal uncle is maternal uncles.
Words near maternal uncle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: maternal uncle (page history and authors); ماما (Urdu) (page history and authors); ಮಾವ (Kannada) (page history and authors); મામો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); मामा (Nepali) (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-maternal uncle.wav.
Cite this entry: “maternal uncle.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/maternal_uncle. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.