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paternal cousin

paternal cousin noun: a child of one's father's sibling.

Noun

paternal cousin (plural paternal cousins)

  1. A child of one's father's sibling
  2. A more distant relative of one's father who is not a direct ancestor

paternal cousin meaning in Malayalam, Sanskrit and Arabic

paternal cousin in Malayalam

paternal cousin
പിതൃഷ്വസേയൻ pitr̥ṣvasēyaṉ

paternal cousin in Sanskrit

paternal cousin
पितृष्वसेय pitṛṣvaseya

paternal cousin in Arabic

a child of one's father's sibling
ابن عم ibn ʕamm father’s brother’s son, بِنْت عَمّ bint ʕamm father’s brother’s daughter, اِبْن عَمَّة ibn ʕamma father’s sister’s son, بِنْت عَمَّة bint ʕamma

Forms of paternal cousin

pluralpaternal cousins

Questions about paternal cousin

What does paternal cousin mean?
Paternal cousin means a child of one's father's sibling.
What is paternal cousin in Malayalam?
Paternal cousin in Malayalam is പിതൃഷ്വസേയൻ (pitr̥ṣvasēyaṉ). See Paternal cousin meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is paternal cousin?
Paternal cousin is a noun.
What is the plural of paternal cousin?
The plural of paternal cousin is paternal cousins.

Words near paternal cousin in the dictionary

  1. Paterian
  2. pateriform
  3. paternal
  4. paternal aunt
  5. paternal aunts
  6. paternal cousin
  7. paternal cousins
  8. paternal custody
  9. paternal grandchild
  10. paternal grandchildren
  11. paternal grandfather

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: paternal cousin (page history and authors); പിതൃഷ്വസേയൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); पितृष्वसेय (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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