How to say Grandfather in Other Languages

Afrikaans: oupa (oh-pah)

Albanian: gjysh (djysh)

Amharic: አያት (ah-yaht)

Arabic: جد (jad)

Armenian: պապիկ (pah-peek)

Azerbaijani: baba (bah-bah)

Basque: aitona (ah-ee-toh-nah)

Belarusian: дзядуля (dzyah-doo-lya)

Bengali: দাদু (dah-doo)

Bosnian: djed (dyehd)

Bulgarian: дядо (dyah-doh)

Burmese: အဖိုး (ah-phoh)

Catalan: avi (ah-vee)

Cebuano: lolo (loh-loh)

Chinese (Mandarin): 爷爷 (yeh-yeh)

Croatian: djed (dyehd)

Czech: dědeček (dyed-chek)

Danish: bedstefar (behd-ste-far)

Dutch: opa (oh-pah)

Esperanto: avo (ah-voh)

Estonian: vanaisa (vah-nah-ee-sah)

Finnish: isoisä (ee-soh-ee-sah)

French: grand-père (grahn-pehr)

Galician: avó (ah-voh)

Georgian: პაპა (pah-pah)

German: Großvater (gross-fah-ter)

Greek: παππούς (pah-poos)

Gujarati: દાદા (dah-dah)

Haitian Creole: granpè (grahn-peh)

Hausa: kakanni (kah-kah-nee)

Hebrew: סבא (sah-bah)

Hindi: दादा (dah-dah)

Hungarian: nagypapa (noh-dyoh-poh-pah)

Icelandic: afi (ah-fee)

Igbo: nna ochie (n-nah oh-chee)

Indonesian: kakek (kah-keh)

Irish: seanathair (shan-ah-her)

Italian: nonno (noh-noh)

Japanese: おじいさん (oh-jee-san)

Javanese: mbah (m-bah)

Kannada: ತಾತ (tah-tah)

Kazakh: ата (ah-tah)

Khmer: ឳពុកឳម្តាយ (aow-puhk aowm-dai)

Korean: 할아버지 (hal-ah-buh-jee)

Kurdish: bapîr (bah-peer)

Kyrgyz: чоң ата (chong ah-tah)

Lao: ປູ່ (poo)

Latvian: vectēvs (vek-tevs)

Lithuanian: senelis (seh-neh-lees)

Luxembourgish: Bopa (boh-pah)

Macedonian: дедо (deh-doh)

Malagasy: dadabe (dah-dah-beh)

Malay: datuk (dah-took)

Malayalam: അച്ഛൻ (ah-chah)

Maltese: nannu (nahn-noo)

Maori: koroua (koh-roo-ah)

Marathi: आजोबा (ah-joh-bah)

Mongolian: өвөө (oe-voe)

Nepali: हजुरबा (hah-jur-bah)

Norwegian: bestefar (beh-ste-far)

Odia: ବଡଦାଦା (bo-da-da)

Pashto: نيکه (nee-kah)

Persian: پدر بزرگ (peh-dar bo-zorg)

Polish: dziadek (djah-dek)

Portuguese: avô (ah-voh)

Punjabi: ਦਾਦਾ (dah-dah)

Romanian: bunic (boo-neek)

Russian: дедушка (dyeh-doo-shkah)

Samoan: tamā matua (tah-mah mah-too-ah)

Serbian: деда (deh-dah)

Shona: sekuru (seh-koo-roo)

Sinhala: සයා (sah-yah)

Slovak: starý otec (stah-ree oh-tehts)

Slovenian: dedek (deh-dek)

Somali: awoowe (ah-woh-weh)

Spanish: abuelo (ah-bweh-loh)

Sundanese: aki (ah-kee)

Swahili: babu (bah-boo)

Swedish: farfar (fahr-far)

Tagalog: lolo (loh-loh)

Tajik: бобо (bo-boh)

Tamil: தாத்தா (tah-tha)

Telugu: తాత (tah-tah)

Thai: ปู่ (poo)

Tigrinya: አቦ (ah-boh)

Turkish: dede (deh-deh)

Turkmen: ata (ah-tah)

Ukrainian: дідусь (dee-doos)

Urdu: دادا (dah-dah)

Uzbek: buva (boo-vah)

Vietnamese: ông (oh-ng)

Welsh: tad-cu (tahd-kee)

Wolof: maam (mahm)

Xhosa: utatomkhulu (oo-tah-toh-mkoo-loo)

Yiddish: זיידע (zay-deh)

Yoruba: baba agba (bah-bah ahg-bah)

Zulu: ubabamkhulu (oo-bah-bahm-khoo-loo)

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