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خانواده
| father (formal) (informal/familiar) | pedar bābā |
پدر/بابا |
| mother (formal) (informal/familiar) | mādar māmān |
مادر/مامان |
| child | kudak/farzand/bache |
کودک/ فرزند/ بچّه |
| wife | zan/khānom |
زن/ خانم |
| husband | shohar |
شوهر |
| parents | pedar va mādar |
پدر و مادر |
| son boy |
pesar |
پسر |
| daughter girl |
dokhtar |
دختر |
| brother | barādar |
برادر |
| sister | khāhar |
خواهر |
| grandfather | pedarbozorg |
پدربزرگ |
| grandmother | mādarbozorg |
مادربزرگ |
| paternal uncle maternal uncle | amū dāee |
عمو دایی |
| maternal aunt paternal aunt | khaleh ameh |
خاله عمه |
| nephew | pesar-e barādar yā pesar-e khāhar |
پسرِبرادریا پسرِخواهر |
| niece | dokhtar-e barādar yā dokhtar-e khāhar |
دخترِبرادر یا دخترِِخواهر |
| cousin (paternal uncle’s son) cousin (paternal aunt’s daughter) cousin (maternal uncle’s son) cousin (maternal aunt’s daughter) | pesar amū dokhtar ameh pesar dāee dokhtar khaleh |
پسر عمو دختر عمه پسر دایی دختر خاله |
| relative | khīšāvand |
خویشاوند |
| fiancé | nāmzad |
نامزد |
| step-father | nāpedarī |
ناپدری |
| step-mother | nāmādarī |
نامادری |
| father-in-law | pedarshohar/pedarzan |
پدرشوهر |
| mother-in-law | mādarshohar/mādarzan |
مادرشوهر |
| friend | dūst |
دوست |
| boy friend | dūst-e pesar |
دوست پسر |
| girl friend | dūst-e dokhtar |
دوست دختر |
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