Система родства в сербохорватских языках: терминология и особенности

The Serbo Croatian standard languages (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin) have one of the more elaborate kinship (srodstvo) systems among European languages. Terminology may differ from place to place. Most words are common to other Slavic languages, though some derive from Turkish. The standardized languages may recognize slightly different pronunciations or dialectical forms; all terms are considered standard in all language standards, unless otherwise marked: [S] (Serbian), [C] (Croatian), [B] (Bosnian) and [M] (Montenegrin) below. There are four main types of kinship in the family: biological blood kinship, kinship by law (in laws), spiritual kinship (such as godparents), and legal kinship through adoption and remarriage. As is common in many rural family structures, three generations of a family will live together in a home in what anthropologists call a joint family structure, where parents, their son(s), and grandchildren would cohabit in a family home.

There are separate terms for maternal and paternal uncles, but not for aunts. In addition, spouses of uncles and aunts have their own terms. Latin Cyrillic Relation amidžaadžostricčičačikaćić амиџааџострицчичачикаћић paternal uncle amidžinicaadžinicastrina амиџиницааџиницастрина paternal uncle's wife daidža / dajdžadajoujak даиџа / дајџадајо ујак maternal uncle daidžinica / dajdžinicadajnicaujna даиџиница / дајџиницадајницаујна maternal uncle's wife; i. e. maternal aunt through marriage hala tetka халатетка aunt (only mother's or father's sister or cousin) teča [S]tetak теча [S] тетак aunt's husband (where aunt defined as "tetka") bratanac братанац fraternal nephew (for women[S], for men and women[C]) bratanićbratić братанићбратић fraternal nephew (for men and women) sinovac синовац fraternal nephew (for men[S]) bratanicabrataničinabratičina братаницабратаничинабратичина fraternal niece nećak нећак nephew nećakanećakinja нећаканећакиња niece sestrić сестрић sororal nephew sestričina сестричина sororal niece

There are separate terms for a man's and a woman's parents in law. However, the same terms are commonly used for siblings in law and children in law. There are separate terms for co siblings in law. Latin Cyrillic Relation English translation svekar свекар husband's father father in law svekrva свекрва husband's mother mother in law punac [C]tast[S] пунац [C]таст [S] wife's father father in law punica [C]tašta[S] пуница [C]ташта [S] wife's mother mother in law zet зет daughter's or sister's husband son in law or brother in law nev(j)estaodiva [M]snahasnaja [C, S] нев(ј)естаодива [M]снахаснаjа [C, S] son's or brother's wife daughter in law or sister in law šura(k)šurjak[C]šogor[C] шура(к)шурjак [C]шогор [C] wife's brother brother in law šurjakinja[C]šurnjaja шурјакиња[C]шурњаја wife's brother's wife sister in law svastikašogorica [C] свастика шогорица [C] wife's sister sister in law svastić свастић wife's sister's son nephew in law svastičina свастичина wife's sister's daughter niece in law badženjakbadžod(j)everđever [M] баџењакбаџо д(j)еверђевер [M] husband's brother brother in law jetrva јетрва husband's brother's wife co sister in law zaova заова husband's sister sister in law zaovac заовац husband's sister's husband co brother in law pašanacpašenogbadžo пашанацпашеногбаџо wife's sister's husband co brother in law prija прија child's spouse's mother co mother in law prijatelj пријатељ child's spouse's father co father in law; N. B. the exactly same word means "friend" (general word)