maternal grandmother

English

Noun

maternal grandmother (plural maternal grandmothers)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

   Coordinate terms: maternal grandfather, paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother

Hypernyms

• grandmother

Translations

The mother of one's mother

• Albanian: joshë (sq) f
• Bengali: নানী (nani)
• Catalan: àvia materna f
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏏ (alisi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 婆婆 (po⁴ po^4-2)

  Hakka: 姐婆 (chiá-phò), 外阿婆 (ngoi-â-phò)

  Hokkien: 外媽／外妈 (guā-má)

  Mandarin: 外婆 (zh) (wàipó), 外祖母 (zh) (wàizǔmǔ)

• Czech: babička z matčiny strany
• Danish: mormor c
• Dutch: grootmoeder van moederszijde f
• Finnish: äidinäiti (fi)
• French: grande-mère maternelle f
• German: Großmutter mütterlicherseits f
• Gooniyandi: jaja
• Hungarian: anyai nagyanya, anyai nagymama
• Icelandic: móðurmóðir f
• Italian: nonna materna f
• Japanese: 母方の祖母 (ははかたのそぼ, hahakata no sobo), 外祖母 (ja) (がいそぼ, gaisobo), 母方のお婆さん (ははかたのおばあさん, hahakata no obāsan) (honorific)
• Kalmyk: ^{(please verify)} наһц-ээҗ (nağts-eej)
• Korean: 외할머니 (ko) (oehalmeoni)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} داپیر (dapîr), ^{(please verify)} داپیرە f (dapîre)

• Lao: ^{(please verify)} ຍາຍ (nyāi)
• Latin: avia maternis f
• Macedonian: баба (mk) f (baba), баба по мајка f (baba po majka)
• Ngarrindjeri: pakanu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mormor (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: mormor f

• O'odham: hu'ul
• Portuguese: avó materna (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: seanmhair mhàithreil f
• Seri: ^{(please verify)} aact
• Spanish: abuela materna f
• Swedish: mormor (sv) c
• Tai Nüa: ᥘᥣᥭᥰ (läay)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} அம்மாய் (ta) (ammāy)
• Taos: łìtúna
• Telugu: అమ్మమ్మ (te) (ammamma), మాతామహి (te) (mātāmahi)
• Thai: ยาย (th) (yaai)
• Turkish: anneanne (tr)
• Turkmen: ^{(please verify)} mama
• Vietnamese: bà ngoại (vi)
• Volapük: motamot (vo)
• Wik-Mungkan: kemwayyow
• Zhuang: daiq