paternal uncle
paternal uncle noun: a brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.).
Noun
paternal uncle (plural paternal uncles)
- A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)
paternal uncle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
paternal uncle in Hindi
- brother of one's father
- ताऊ tāū, चाचा cācā, फूफा phūphā
paternal uncle in Tamil
- brother of one's father
- பெரியப்பா periyappā, சித்தப்பா cittappā
paternal uncle in Marathi
- brother of one's father
- काका kākā
paternal uncle in Urdu
- brother of one's father
- تایَا tāyā, تائے اَبُّو m چَچا tāe abbū, چاچا cācā, پُھپّا phuppā
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- paternal uncle in Bengali
- কাকা kaka, চাচা caca, ফুফা phupha
- paternal uncle in Gujarati
- ચાચો cāco, કાકો kāko
- paternal uncle in Odia
- କକେଇ kakei
- paternal uncle in Sanskrit
- पितृव्य pitṛvya
- paternal uncle in Sinhala
- බාප්පා bāppā, ලොකු තාත්තා loku tāttā
- paternal uncle in Pashto
- تره trae
- paternal uncle in Arabic
- عَمّ ʕamm
- paternal uncle in Persian
- عمو 'amu, افدر afdar, کاکا kâkâ
- paternal uncle in Thai
- ลุง, อา aa
- paternal uncle in Vietnamese
- bác, chú
- Kashmiri
- پیٔتٕر pyạtụr, پۄپھُو pọphuv
Forms of paternal uncle
| plural | paternal uncles |
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Questions about paternal uncle
- What does paternal uncle mean?
- Paternal uncle means a brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.).
- What is paternal uncle in Hindi?
- Paternal uncle in Hindi is ताऊ (tāū), चाचा (cācā), फूफा (phūphā). See Paternal uncle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is paternal uncle?
- Paternal uncle is a noun.
- What is the plural of paternal uncle?
- The plural of paternal uncle is paternal uncles.
Words near paternal uncle in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: paternal uncle (page history and authors); કાકો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); କକେଇ (Odia) (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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