Names and Titles of People in Iraq
There are names and titles in all the communities, I mean what to call a lady, girl, man, old man, old women, relatives and strangers.
So, I decided to translate some of these names and titles and would like to get comments from all over the world about this issue.
Aunt= khala(mother's sister) amma(father's sister)
Uncle=ammo(father's brother) khalo(mother's brother)
Jido=grandpa
Jida=grandma(people in Baghdad say"Bibi")
The people call the strange old women"Khala or amma" which means aunt if she is very old we call her"hajia" which means she did the pligramge.
The old man is also called either"ammo" which means uncle or "Hajji" if he was much older.
Iraqis tend to call the strange young lady " sitt" which is the same name of the miss or teacher and the more used word is " ukhti" which means my sister.
If the man is known that he has a good job as an engineer or a lawyer we call him"ustath" which means sir or mister.
I hope that I wrote something interesting that concerns anyone her on Italki.
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Awe, very impressive comment, many thanks for passing by the article.
I loved the word siostra:)
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In Poland we say "wujek" to uncle, doesn't mean if he's father's or mother's brother.
Same with aunt that we say "ciocia" or "ciotka".
Grandma is "babcia" and grandpa is "dziadek".
We call all strangers "Proszę Pana" or "Proszę Pani"
Pan = Mr
Pani = Mrs
The rest of people we call by their name.
More about family relations:
siostra = sister
brat = brother
córka = daughter
syn = son
mama/matka = mother
tata/ojciec = father
(matka, ojciec is rather formal)
kuzyn/kuzynka = cousin
siostrzenica = niece, siostrzeniec = nephew -> if it's my sister's child
If It's my brother's child niece = bratanica, nephew = bratanek
I agree with you It's a curious topic to talk about.
I think in Iraq you have very kind way to call strangers.
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