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تغایی

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Persian

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Etymology

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From a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Dari reading? tağāyī

Noun

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تغایی (tağāyī)

  1. (chiefly Hazaragi) maternal uncle
    Synonyms: ماما (mâmâ (Dari)), دایی (dâyi (Iran))

See also

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Dari Persian dialectal family names
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)
mother's sister
(maternal aunt)
خاله (xāla)
father's sister
(paternal aunt)
عمه (amma)
brother برادر (barādar) بیادر (biyādar) برار (birār)
older brother برادر کلان (barādar-i kalān) لالا (lālā)
mother's brother
(maternal uncle)
ماما (māmā) ماما (māmā), تغایی (tağāyī)
father's brother
(paternal uncle)
کاکا (kākā)
  1. All family names ending in a vowel may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added, e.g. عمه (amma) -> عمی (ammay) (unrelated to ezafe), this is not included.
  2. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.