آجه
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Turkic language. Compare Kazakh әже (äje, “grandmother”), Chagatai اچه (äçä, “mother, old woman”), Turkmen eje (“mother, aunt, elder sister”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]آجه • (âja)
- (chiefly Hazaragi) grandmother, grandma
See also
[edit]| Family member | Standard Dari | Kabuli dialect | Hazaragi dialect |
|---|---|---|---|
| mother | مادر (mādar) | ننه (nana) | آبه (āba) |
| grandmother | مادر کلان (mādar-i kalān) | بیبی (bī-bī) | آجه (āja), بیبی (bī-bī) |
| father | پدر (padar) | بابا (bābā) | آته (āta) |
| grandfather | پدر کلان (padar-i kalān) | آغا (āğā) | بابا (bābā) |
| sister | خواهر (xāhar) | خوار (xwār, xār) | |
| older sister | خواهر کلان (xāhar-i kalān) | — | آغا (āğā), باجی (bājī) |
| maternal aunt (mother's sister) |
خاله (xāla) | ||
| paternal aunt (father's sister) |
عمه (amma) | ||
| brother | برادر (barādar) | بیادر (biyādar) | برار (birār) |
| older brother | برادر کلان (barādar-i kalān) | لالا (lālā) | |
| maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
ماما (māmā) | ماما (māmā), تغایی (tağāyī) | |
| paternal uncle (father's brother) |
کاکا (kākā) | ||
- When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
- In many dialects, cases of word final ـا (-ā) may be shortened to ـه (-a).
- In many dialects, all family names ending in ـه (-a) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added, e.g. عمه (amma) -> عمی (ammay) (unrelated to ezafe).