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The people closest to you — parents, siblings, grandparents, and the rest.
- annemotherinformal/everyday; "ana" is a more rural/traditional variant
- babafather
- ablaolder sisterTurkish marks birth order: a sister older than you. Also used to address older women politely.
- abiolder brother (colloquial; standard: ağabey)short for "ağabey"; an older brother. Also used to address older men politely.
- kız kardeşsisterliterally "girl sibling"; the general word for a sister. An older sister is "abla"; a specifically younger sister is "küçük kız kardeş".
- erkek kardeşbrotherliterally "male sibling"; the general word for a brother. An older brother is "abi"; a specifically younger brother is "küçük erkek kardeş".
- kardeşsiblinggender-neutral; in everyday speech "kardeş(im)" often implies a younger sibling, since older ones are addressed as abla/abi
- kardeşlersiblingsplural of kardeş
- anneannematernal grandmotherliterally "mother's mother"
- babaannepaternal grandmotherliterally "father's mother"
- dedegrandfatherused for both maternal and paternal grandfather (Turkish has no separate words by side)
- teyzematernal auntmother's sister. Also a polite term for an older woman.
- halapaternal auntfather's sister
- dayımaternal unclemother's brother
- amcapaternal unclefather's brother. Also a polite term for an older man.
- kuzencousinborrowed from French; gender-neutral and common in modern speech
- kızdaughteralso means "girl"; "kızım" = my daughter
- oğulson"oğlum" = my son (very common form)
- bebekbaby
- kocahusbandeveryday word; "eş" is the neutral/formal word for spouse
- karıwifecommon but can sound blunt/derogatory; "eş" or "hanım" is more polite for wife/spouse
- eşspouse (husband/wife)neutral, polite term for either partner
- ailefamily
- anne babaparentsliterally "mother father"; "ebeveyn" is the formal single word