How to Say Grandmother in Other Languages

Afrikaans: Ouma (oh-ma)

Albanian: Gjyshja (g-yoo-sha)

Amharic: ያዛውት (ya-zawt)

Arabic: جدة (jad-da)

Armenian: Տատիկ (ta-tik)

Azerbaijani: Nənə (ne-ne)

Basque: Amona (a-mo-na)

Belarusian: Бабуля (ba-bu-lya)

Bengali: দিদিমা (di-di-ma)

Bosnian: Nana (na-na)

Bulgarian: Баба (ba-ba)

Catalan: Àvia (ah-vya)

Cebuano: Lola (lo-la)

Chichewa: Agogo (ah-go-go)

Chinese (Mandarin): 奶奶 (nǎi nai)

Corsican: Mammò (mam-mo)

Croatian: Baka (ba-ka)

Czech: Babička (ba-bich-ka)

Danish: Bedstemor (bed-ste-mor)

Dutch: Oma (oh-ma)

Esperanto: Avino (a-vee-no)

Estonian: Vanaema (va-na-e-ma)

Finnish: Isoäiti (ee-so-eye-tee)

French: Grand-mère (grawn-mare)

Galician: Avoa (a-vo-a)

Georgian: ბებია (be-bia)

German: Oma (oh-ma)

Greek: Γιαγιά (ya-ya)

Gujarati: દાદી (da-di)

Haitian Creole: Grann (gran)

Hausa: Kakà (ka-ka)

Hebrew: סבתא (sav-ta)

Hindi: दादी (da-di)

Hmong: Pog (pawg)

Hungarian: Nagymama (nahj-ma-ma)

Icelandic: Amma (a-ma)

Igbo: Nne (neh)

Indonesian: Nenek (neh-nehk)

Irish: Mamó (maw-moh)

Italian: Nonna (non-na)

Japanese: おばあさん (o-ba-a-san)

Javanese: Simbah (seem-bah)

Kannada: ಅಜ್ಜಿ (aj-ji)

Kazakh: Әже (eh-jeh)

Khmer: យាយ (yey)

Korean: 할머니 (hal-mo-ni)

Kurdish: Dawe (dah-weh)

Kyrgyz: Эне (eh-neh)

Lao: ຍ່າ (yah)

Latvian: Vecmāmiņa (vets-mah-mee-nya)

Lithuanian: Močiutė (mo-chew-teh)

Luxembourgish: Bom (bom)

Macedonian: Баба (ba-ba)

Malagasy: Nenibe (neh-nee-beh)

Malay: Nenek (neh-nehk)

Malayalam: അമ്മച്ചി (amma-chi)

Maltese: Nanna (nan-na)

Maori: Kuia (koo-ee-ah)

Marathi: आजी (a-ji)

Mongolian: Эмээ (eh-meh)

Nepali: हजुरआमा (hajur-aama)

Norwegian: Bestemor (best-eh-mor)

Odia: ଆଝି (aa-ji)

Pashto: نیا (nay-ya)

Persian: مادربزرگ (ma-dar bozorg)

Polish: Babcia (bap-cha)

Portuguese: Avó (a-voh)

Punjabi: ਦਾਦੀ (da-di)

Romanian: Bunica (boo-nee-ka)

Russian: Бабушка (ba-boosh-ka)

Samoan: Tinā (tee-na)

Serbian: Бака (ba-ka)

Sesotho: Nkhono (n-ko-no)

Shona: Ambuya (am-boo-ya)

Sindhi: ڏاڏي (daddi)

Sinhala: ආච්චි (aa-chi)

Slovak: Babička (ba-bich-ka)

Slovenian: Babica (ba-bit-sa)

Somali: Ayeeyo (ah-yey-yo)

Spanish: Abuela (a-bweh-la)

Sundanese: Nini (nee-nee)

Swahili: Bibi (bee-bee)

Swedish: Mormor (mor-mor)

Tagalog: Lola (lo-la)

Tajik: Бибӣ (bi-bee)

Tamil: பாட்டி (pa-tti)

Tatar: Әби (e-bee)

Telugu: బామ్మ (bam-ma)

Thai: ย่า (yah)

Turkish: Büyükanne (bew-kahn-ne)

Turkmen: Ene (eh-neh)

Ukrainian: Бабуся (ba-boo-sya)

Urdu: دادی (da-di)

Uzbek: Buvi (boo-vee)

Vietnamese: Bà (bah)

Welsh: Nain (nain)

Wolof: Nene (neh-neh)

Xhosa: Ugogo (oo-go-go)

Yoruba: Iya (ee-yah)

Zulu: Gogo (go-go)

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