When we hear the word aunt, it often brings up warm feelings of care, guidance, and childhood memories.
From family dinners to holiday gifts, aunts play a special role in families across the globe.
So why do people search for aunt in different languages?
Many want to write heartfelt messages, learn about family terms in a partner’s culture, or teach kids multilingual vocabulary. Some even want to use it in tattoos or social media captions.
Let’s celebrate the love of aunts around the world!
🌍 How to Say Aunt in 70 Different Languages
Each line includes:
Language Name (🇨🇳) – [Translation] | Pronunciation: [Simple English Pronunciation]
Example sentence.
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Tía | Pronunciation: tee-ah
Mi tía me enseñó a cocinar. - French (🇫🇷) – Tante | Pronunciation: tont
Ma tante est très gentille. - German (🇩🇪) – Tante | Pronunciation: tan-teh
Meine Tante wohnt in Berlin. - Italian (🇮🇹) – Zia | Pronunciation: zee-ah
La mia zia è simpatica. - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Tia | Pronunciation: chee-ah
Minha tia gosta de flores. - Turkish (🇹🇷) – Teyze (maternal) / Hala (paternal) | Pronunciation: tey-zeh / ha-lah
Teyzem bana kitap aldı. - Russian (🇷🇺) – Тётя | Pronunciation: tyo-tya
Моя тётя живёт в Москве. - Chinese – Mandarin (🇨🇳) – 阿姨 | Pronunciation: ah-yee
我阿姨做的饭很好吃。 - Japanese (🇯🇵) – おば | Pronunciation: oh-bah
私のおばは優しいです。 - Korean (🇰🇷) – 이모 (maternal) / 고모 (paternal) | Pronunciation: ee-mo / go-mo
이모가 맛있는 음식을 해주셨어요. - Hindi (🇮🇳) – चाची (paternal) / मासी (maternal) | Pronunciation: chaa-chee / maa-see
मासी हमेशा मिठाई लाती हैं। - Urdu (🇵🇰) – چچی / خالہ | Pronunciation: cha-chi / kha-la
خالہ بہت پیار کرتی ہیں۔ - Arabic (🇸🇦) – عمة (paternal) / خالة (maternal) | Pronunciation: amma / kha-la
خالتي تطبخ طعامًا لذيذًا. - Bengali (🇧🇩) – ফুফু (paternal) / খালা (maternal) | Pronunciation: foo-foo / kha-la
আমার খালা আমার প্রিয়। - Greek (🇬🇷) – Θεία | Pronunciation: thee-a
Η θεία μου είναι πολύ γλυκιά. - Polish (🇵🇱) – Ciocia | Pronunciation: cho-cha
Moja ciocia mieszka w Krakowie. - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Tante | Pronunciation: tan-tuh
Mijn tante komt op bezoek. - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Faster (paternal) / Moster (maternal) | Pronunciation: fass-ter / moss-ter
Min moster bakar goda kakor. - Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Tante | Pronunciation: tan-teh
Tanten min er snill. - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Täti | Pronunciation: tae-tee
Tätini toi lahjan minulle. - Danish (🇩🇰) – Tante | Pronunciation: tan-teh
Min tante bor i København. - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Néni | Pronunciation: nay-nee
A nénim tanár. - Czech (🇨🇿) – Teta | Pronunciation: teh-tah
Moje teta peče koláče. - Romanian (🇷🇴) – Mătușă | Pronunciation: muh-too-shuh
Mătușa mea vine mâine. - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Shangazi | Pronunciation: shan-ga-zi
Shangazi yangu anapika vizuri. - Zulu (🇿🇦) – U-anti | Pronunciation: oo-ahn-tee
U-anti wami uhlala edolobheni. - Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Utatomncinci / Uanti | Pronunciation: oo-ahn-tee
Uanti wam undifundisa isiXhosa. - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Cô (paternal) / Dì (maternal) | Pronunciation: koh / zee
Dì của tôi rất vui tính. - Thai (🇹🇭) – ป้า / น้า | Pronunciation: bpa / naa
น้าฉันทำอาหารเก่งมาก. - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Bibi / Tante | Pronunciation: bee-bee / tan-teh
Bibi saya sangat baik. - Malay (🇲🇾) – Makcik | Pronunciation: mak-cheek
Makcik saya tinggal di Johor. - Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Tiya / Tita | Pronunciation: tee-ya / tee-tah
Si Tita ko ay masayahin. - Esperanto (🌍) – Onklino | Pronunciation: on-klee-no
La onklino vizitis nin hieraŭ. - Catalan (🇦🇩) – Tia | Pronunciation: tee-ah
La meva tia viu a Barcelona. - Galician (🇪🇸) – Tía | Pronunciation: tee-ah
A miña tía é moi simpática. - Basque (🇪🇸) – Izeko | Pronunciation: ee-zeh-ko
Izekoak opariak ekarri ditu. - Welsh (🏴) – Modryb | Pronunciation: mod-rib
Mae fy modryb yn gweithio yn yr ysbyty. - Irish (🇮🇪) – Aintín | Pronunciation: an-teen
Is maith liom mo aintín. - Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – Antaidh | Pronunciation: an-tee
Tha mo antaidh gu math còir. - Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – Anakē | Pronunciation: ah-nah-keh
ʻO Anakē Liz koʻu punahele. - Tamil (🇮🇳) – அத்தை (paternal) / மாமி (maternal) | Pronunciation: ath-thai / maa-mee
என் மாமி மிகவும் அன்பாக இருக்கிறார். - Telugu (🇮🇳) – పిన్ని (maternal) / అత్తయ్య (paternal) | Pronunciation: pin-nee / at-thai-ya
అత్తయ్య నన్ను ప్రేమగా చూసుకుంది. - Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಅತ್ತೆ / ಮಾವಿ | Pronunciation: ath-they / maa-vi
ಅತ್ತೆ ಬಂದು ಕಥೆ ಹೇಳಿದಳು. - Gujarati (🇮🇳) – કાકી / માવશી | Pronunciation: kaa-kee / maa-va-shee
મારિ કાકી ભણાવતી હતી. - Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਮਾਸੀ / ਚਾਚੀ | Pronunciation: maa-see / chaa-chee
ਮਾਸੀ ਜੀ ਘਰ ਆਏ ਸੀ। - Marathi (🇮🇳) – मावशी / आत्या | Pronunciation: maa-va-shee / aat-yaa
मावशी खूप प्रेमळ आहे. - Sinhala (🇱🇰) – නාන්දේ / අක්කා | Pronunciation: naan-day / akka
නාන්දේ ගෙදරට ආවා. - Nepali (🇳🇵) – फुपू / माईली | Pronunciation: foo-poo / mai-lee
फुपूले मिठाई ल्याउनु भयो। - Pashto (🇦🇫) – عمه / خاله | Pronunciation: amma / kha-la
زما خاله ډېره مهربانه ده. - Persian (🇮🇷) – عمه / خاله | Pronunciation: ammeh / kha-leh
خالهام همیشه لبخند میزند. - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – דודה | Pronunciation: do-da
הדודה שלי מבקרת אותנו הרבה. - Armenian (🇦🇲) – Հոպար / Մորաքույր | Pronunciation: ho-par / mor-a-kooyr
Իմ մորաքույրը ինձ նվեր բերեց։ - Georgian (🇬🇪) – დედის და / მამის და | Pronunciation: de-dis da / ma-mis da
დედაჩემის და ჩამოვიდა. - Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Amma (paternal) / Xola (maternal) | Pronunciation: am-ma / kho-la
Xolam mehmon bo‘ldi. - Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Тәте / Хала | Pronunciation: ta-te / kha-la
Халам тамақ пісірді. - Tajik (🇹🇯) – Хола / Амма | Pronunciation: kho-la / am-ma
Холаам манро дид. - Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Авга эгч / Нагац эгч | Pronunciation: av-ga ech / na-gats ech
Авга эгч маань ирсэн. - Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Anty / Mama kekere | Pronunciation: an-tee / mah-ma keh-keh-reh
Mama kekere mi ṣeun fun mi. - Igbo (🇳🇬) – Nne ochie / Aunty | Pronunciation: neh oh-chee-eh / an-tee
Nne ochie m bịara n’ụlọ. - Hausa (🇳🇬) – Goggo | Pronunciation: gog-go
Goggo na tana dafa abinci. - Somali (🇸🇴) – Eedo | Pronunciation: ay-doh
Eedo waxay la timid hadiyado. - Amharic (🇪🇹) – ወይዘሮ / አክስት | Pronunciation: wey-zero / ak-ist
አክስቴ ትልቅ ልብ አላት። - Maori (🇳🇿) – Whāea kēkē | Pronunciation: fa-ah-eh keh-keh
Ko taku whāea kēkē he tangata atawhai. - Samoan (🇼🇸) – Tina o le tina | Pronunciation: tee-nah oh leh tee-nah
O loʻu tina o le tina e agalelei tele. - Tongan (🇹🇴) – Faʻe tangata | Pronunciation: fa-eh tahn-gah-tah
Ko e faʻe tangata ʻoku ne tokoni ia kiate au. - Lao (🇱🇦) – ເອື້ອຍໃຫຍ່ / ປ້າ | Pronunciation: euai nyai / paa
ປ້າຂອງຂ້ອຍນິສັຍດີ. - Khmer (🇰🇭) – មីង | Pronunciation: ming
មីងរបស់ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តចម្អិនអាហារ។ - Burmese (🇲🇲) – ဒယ် / မယ်မယ် | Pronunciation: deh / meh-meh
မယ်မယ်က ဧည့်သည်လာတယ်။ - Maltese (🇲🇹) – Zija | Pronunciation: zee-ya
Iz-zija tiegħi tgħix f’Għawdex. - Esperanto (🌍) – Onklino | Pronunciation: on-klee-no
La onklino zorgas pri la infanoj.
❤️ Conclusion
No matter the language, an aunt is always a loving part of the family.
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