maternal grandfather

English

Noun

maternal grandfather (plural maternal grandfathers)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)

   Coordinate terms: maternal grandmother, paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother

Translations

one's mother's father

• Bengali: নানা (nana)
• Catalan: avi matern m
• Cherokee: (his/her mat. grandfather) ᎤᏚᏚ (ududu)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 公公 (gung¹ gung¹, gung^1-4 gung¹), 外公 (ngoi⁶ gung¹), 外祖父 (ngoi⁶ zou² fu⁶)

  Hakka: 姐公 (chiá-kûng), 外阿公 (ngoi-â-kûng)

  Hokkien: 外公 (guā-kong)

  Mandarin: 外公 (zh) (wàigōng), 外祖父 (zh) (wàizǔfù)

• Czech: dědeček z matčiny strany
• Danish: morfar (da) c
• Dutch: grootvader van moederszijde m
• Faroese: móðirfaðir m
• Finnish: äidinisä (fi)
• French: grand-père maternel m
• German: Großvater mütterlicherseits m
• Gooniyandi: jaminyi
• Hindi: नाना (hi) (nānā), नानू m (nānū), मातामह (hi) m (mātāmah)
• Hungarian: anyai nagyapa
• Icelandic: móðurfaðir m
• Italian: nonno materno
• Japanese: 母方の祖父 (ははかたのそふ, hahakata no sofu), 外祖父 (ja) (がいそふ, gaisofu), 母方のお爺さん (ははかたのおじいさん, haha kata no ojīsan) (honorific)
• Kalmyk: ^{(please verify)} наһц-аав (nağts-aav)
• Khmer: ^{(please verify)} មាតាមហៈ (km) (mietaamea’ha’) (royal usage)
• Korean: 할아버지 (ko) (harabeoji), 외할아버지 (ko) (oeharabeoji)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: باپیر (ckb) (bapîr)

• Lao: ຕາ (lo) (tā)
• Latin: avus maternus
• Lü: ᦎᦱ (ṫaa)
• Macedonian: дедо (mk) m (dedo), дедо по мајка m (dedo po majka)
• Malay: nenek lelaki
• Malayalam: മുത്തച്ഛന് (muttacchaṉ), അപ്പൂപ്പന് (appūppaṉ)
• Mapudungun: cheche
• Navajo: acheii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: morfar (no) m

  Nynorsk: morfar m

• O'odham: ba꞉b
• Portuguese: avô maternal
• Sanskrit: मातामह (sa) m (mātāmaha)
• Scots: gudesire
• Scottish Gaelic: seanair màithreil m
• Serbo-Croatian: дед m, ded (sh) m, дјед m, djed (sh) m, деда m, deda (sh) m, дједа m, djeda (sh) m
• Shan: တႃ (shn) (tǎa)
• Slovene: stari oče (sl) m
• Spanish: abuelo materno
• Swedish: morfar (sv) c
• Telugu: మాతామహుడు (te) m (mātāmahuḍu)
• Thai: ตา (th) (dtaa)
• Turkmen: ^{(please verify)} baba (tk)
• Vietnamese: ông ngoại (vi) (翁外)
• Volapük: motafat (vo)
• Zhuang: da, goengda