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Albanian: ungj (sq) , xhaxha (sq) , dajë (sq)
Altai: Southern Altai: ага (aga), ака (aka), тай (tay), таай (taay)
Amharic: ኣጎት (ʾagot)
Arabic: (father's brother) عَمّ (ar) m (ʕamm), (mother's brother) خَال (ar) m (ḵāl), (husband of father's sister) زَوْجُ العَمّة m (zawju l-ʕamma), (husband of mother's sister) زَوْجُ الخالة m (zawju l-ḵāla)
Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: (father's brother) ܥܲܡܵܐ m (ʿamā), (mother's brother) ܚܵܠܵܐ m (ḥālā), (husband of father's sister) ܓܲܒ݂ܪ ܥܲܡܬܵܐ m (gaḇr ʿamtā), (husband of mother's sister) ܓܲܒ݂ܪ ܚܵܠܬܵܐ m (gaḇr ḥāltā)
Armenian: հորեղբայր (hy) (horeġbayr) (paternal), քեռի (hy) (kʻeṙi) (maternal)
Assamese: খুৰা (khura) (father's younger brother), বৰদেউতা (borodeuta) (father's elder brother), মোমাই (mümai) (mother's brother)
Asturian: tíu (ast) m
Aukan: omu , tiyu
Azerbaijani: əmi (az) (father's brother), dayı (az) (mother's brother)
Bakhtiari: (paternal) کاکا (kâkâ)
Baluchi: ناکو (náko), ماما (mámá), کاکہ (káka)
Basque: osaba (eu)
Belarusian: дзя́дзька m (dzjádzʹka), дзя́дзя m (dzjádzja)
Bengali: (mother's brother) মামা (bn) (mama), (father's brother) চাচা (bn) (caca), (husband of father's sister) ফুফা (bn) (phupha), (husband of mother's sister) খালু (bn) (khalu)
Bhojpuri: काका (kākā)
Breton: eontr (br) m
Bulgarian: (paternal) чи́чо (bg) m (číčo), стри́ко m (stríko) (regional, non-standard), (maternal) ву́йчо (bg) m (vújčo), калеко (bg) m (kaleko) (regional), свако (bg) m (svako) (last two may also apply to the husband of the paternal aunt)
Burmese: ဘကြီး (my) (bha.kri:) (elder brother of one's father), ဘထွေး (my) (bha.htwe:) (younger brother of one's father)
Carpathian Rusyn: у́йко m (újko)
Catalan: oncle (ca) m, tio (ca) m, tiet (ca)
Chechen: ваша (vaša)
Cherokee: ᎡᏚᏥ (edutsi)
Chichewa: tsibweni
Chinese: Cantonese: 伯伯 (baak3 baak3) (father's elder brother), 叔叔 (suk1 suk1) (father's younger brother), 姑丈 (yue) (gu1 zoeng6-2) (father's brother-in-law), 舅父 (kau3 fu6-2) (mother's brother), 姨丈 (ji4 zoeng6-2) (mother's brother-in-law) Eastern Min: (please verify ) 依伯 (yi bat) (father's older brother) Hakka: 阿伯 (â-pak) (father's elder brother), 阿叔 (â-suk) (father's younger brother), 阿舅 (â-khiû) (mother's brother), 母舅 (mû-khiû) (mother's brother), 姑丈 (kû-chhông) (father's brother-in-law), 姨丈 (yì-chhông) (mother's brother-in-law) Hokkien: 阿伯 (zh-min-nan) (a-peh) (father's elder brother), 阿叔 (zh-min-nan) (a-chek) (father's younger brother), 阿舅 (zh-min-nan) (a-kū) (mother's brother), 母舅 (bú-kū) (mother's brother), 阿丈 (zh-min-nan) (a-tiūⁿ) (parent's brother-in-law), 姑丈 (zh-min-nan) (ko͘-tiūⁿ) (father's brother-in-law), 姨丈 (î-tiūⁿ) (mother's brother-in-law) Mandarin: 伯父 (zh) (bófù) (father's elder brother, formal), 伯伯 (zh) (bóbo) (father's elder brother, informal), 叔父 (zh) (shúfù) (father's younger brother, formal), 叔叔 (zh) (shúshu) (father's younger brother, informal), 姑父 (zh) (gūfù) (father's brother-in-law), 姑丈 (zh) (gūzhàng) (father's brother-in-law), 舅父 (zh) (jiùfù) (mother's brother, formal), 舅舅 (zh) (jiùjiu) (mother's brother, informal), 姨父 (zh) (yífù) (mother's brother-in-law), 姨丈 (zh) (yízhàng) (mother's brother-in-law), 姨夫 (zh) (yífū) (mother's brother-in-law) Teochew: 阿伯 (a1 bêh4) (father's elder brother), 阿叔 (a1 zêg4) (father's younger brother), 阿舅 (a1 gu6) (mother's brother), 阿丈 (a1 diên6, a1 dion6) (parent's brother-in-law)
Chinook Jargon: tot
Crimean Tatar: dayı
Czech: strýc (cs) m
Dalmatian: naul m
Danish: onkel (da) c, farbror (da) c (paternal), morbror (da) c (maternal)
Dusun: Central Dusun: mamai
Dutch: oom (nl) m, (Flemish) nonkel (nl) m
Esperanto: onklo (eo)
Estonian: onu (et)
Ewe: tɔgã (father's elder brother), tɔɖe (father's younger brother), wɔfa (maternal)
Finnish: setä (fi) (paternal), setäpuoli (father's brother-in-law), eno (fi) (maternal), enopuoli (mother's brother-in-law)
French: oncle (fr) m, tonton (fr) m (informal) Old French: oncle m
Frisian: North Frisian: Oom c (Sylt) Saterland Frisian: Oom West Frisian: omme , omke m
Friulian: barbe
Galician: tío (gl) m
Georgian: ბიძა (ka) (biʒa), ძია (ʒia), ბიძია (biʒia)
German: Onkel (de) m
Gooniyandi: ngaboo
Greek: θείος (el) m (theíos) Ancient Greek: θεῖος m (theîos) (paternal or maternal), πάτρως m (pátrōs) (paternal), μήτρως m (mḗtrōs) (maternal)
Gunwinggu: ngabba (paternal), ngadjadj (maternal)
Haitian Creole: tonton, monnonk
Hamer-Banna: aarák (mother's brother), eiké (father's older brother), imbána pl (father's younger brothers)
Hawaiian: makua kāne , ʻanakala
Hebrew: דּוֹד (he) m (dod)
Hindi: चाचा (hi) m (cācā) (father's younger brother), ताया (hi) m (tāyā) (father's elder brother), काका (hi) (kākā) (paternal), मामा (hi) (māmā) (maternal), अंकल (hi) m (aṅkal) (generic)
Hungarian: nagybácsi (hu)
Icelandic: frændi (is) m
Ido: onklulo (io)
Indonesian: paman (id) , om (id)
Ingrian: däädä , eno (maternal), setä (paternal)
Interlingua: oncle
Irish: uncail m
Italian: zio (it) m
Japanese: 伯父 (ja) (おじ, oji) (parent's brother, esp. older brother); 伯父貴 (ja) (おじき, ojiki) (parent's older brother); 叔父 (ja) (おじ, oji, しゅくふ, shukufu), 叔父貴 (ja) (おじき, ojiki) (parent's younger brother)
Kabyle: zizi m
Kaitag: уцци́ (uccí)
Kapampangan: bapa
Kashmiri: پیٔتٕر (ks) (pyạtụr) (father’s brother), پۄپھُو (ks) (pọphuv) (father's brother-in-law), مام (ks) (mām) (mother's brother), ماسُو (ks) (māsuv) (mother's brother-in-law)
Kazakh: немере аға (nemere ağa), ağa (paternal), nağaşı (maternal)
Khoekhoe: ǁnaosab
Korean: 아저씨 (ko) (ajeossi), 삼촌(三寸) (ko) (samchon)
Krisa: (father's elder brother) tani baʼ , (father's younger brother) tani pung , (maternal) wini
Kumyk: атасыны агъасы (atasını ağası), анасыны агъасы (anasını ağası), атасыны иниси (atasını inisi), анасыны инеси (anasını inesi)
Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مام (ckb) (mam) (paternal), خاڵ (ckb) (xall) (maternal) Northern Kurdish: (paternal ) mam (ku) , ap (ku) , (maternal ) xal (ku)
Lao: ລຸງ (lung) (older)
Latgalian: dzedzeits
Latin: patruus (la) m (paternal), avunculus (la) m (maternal), thius , barbas m
Latvian: tēvocis (lv) m, (paternal) tēva brālis m, (maternal) mātes brālis m
Lithuanian: dėdė (lt) m
Macedonian: те́тин m (tétin), чи́чко (mk) m (číčko), ву́јко m (vújko), стри́ко m (stríko)
Malay: pakcik (ms) , bapa saudara , mamanda (court language)
Malayalam: അമ്മാവന് (ammāvaṉ), മാമന് (māmaṉ), (father's elder brother) വല്യച്ചന് (valyaccaṉ), (father's younger brother) ചെറിയച്ചന് (ceṟiyaccaṉ)
Maltese: ziju (mt) m
Māori: matua kēkē (actually genderless)
Marathi: (mother's brother) मामा (mr) m (māmā), (father's brother) काका m (kākā)
Maricopa: nkwii
Melpa: apa
Meriam: bab
Middle English: uncle , em
Minangkabau: mamak (min) (mother's brother)
Miwok: Southern Sierra Miwok: ka·ka·
Mòcheno: barba m
Mongolian: Cyrillic: авга ах (avga ax) (older brother of father side), нагац ах (nagac ax) (older brother of mother side), авга эрэгтэй дүү (avga eregtej düü) (younger brother of father side), нагац эрэгтэй дүү (nagac eregtej düü) (younger brother of mother side)
Montana Salish: smamáʔ
Nanai: эчэкэ (ečeke), гусин (gusin)
Navajo: adáʼí (maternal uncle, male speaker), ayáázh (maternal uncle, female speaker), abízhí (paternal uncle), azhéʼé yázhí (paternal uncle)
Norman: aonclle m (Guernsey), oncl'ye m (Jersey)
Norwegian: Bokmål: onkel (no) m, farbror m (paternal), morbror m (maternal) Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can
Occitan: oncle (oc) , quenque
Ohlone: Northern Ohlone: 'et̄e
Old English: fædera m (paternal), ēam m (maternal)
Oromo: eessuma , wasiila
Pannonian Rusyn: бачи m (bači), шовґор m (šovgor)
Papiamentu: tio
Pashto: تره (ps) m (paternal), ماما (ps) m (maternal)
Pennsylvania German: Onkel m
Persian: Dari: کَاکَا (kākā) (paternal), ماما (fa) (mâmâ) (maternal), کَاکو (kākō) (dialectal, rare) Iranian Persian: عَمو (amu) (paternal), دایی (fa) (dâyi) (maternal), خالو (fa) (xâlu) (rare), اَفْدَر (afdar), اُوْدَر (owdar)
Pitjantjatjara: mama maḻatja (parent’s younger brother), mama puḻka (parent’s older brother)
Plautdietsch: Onkel (nds) m
Polish: stryj (pl) m pers, stryjek (pl) m pers (paternal), wuj (pl) m pers, wujek (pl) m pers (maternal)
Portuguese: tio (pt) m
Quechua: qaka , kaka (maternal), kaku (maternal), yaya (paternal)
Romani: kak m
Romanian: unchi (ro) m
Romansh: aug m, barba
Russian: дя́дя (ru) m (djádja), дя́дька (ru) m (djádʹka) (may be unfriendly), дя́дюшка (ru) m (djádjuška)
Sami: Northern Sami: čeahci (father's younger brother), eahki (father's elder brother), eanu (mother's brother), máhka (relative's husband)
Sanskrit: (maternal) मातुल (sa) m (mātula), (paternal) पितृव्य (sa) m (pitṛvya)
Sardinian: tiu , ciu , tziu
Scots: uncle , eme (maternal), mither-brither (maternal)
Scottish Gaelic: bràthair-athar m (parental), bràthair-màthar m (maternal), uncail m (with proper name)
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: (paternal) стриц m, чичa m, амиџа m (regional, non-standard), (parent's brother-in-law) тетак m, течa m, течо m, (maternal) ујак m, даиџа m (regional, non-standard) Latin: (paternal) stric (sh) m, čiča (sh) m, amidža (sh) m (regional, non-standard), (parent's brother-in-law) tetak (sh) m, teča (sh) m, tečo m, (maternal) ujak (sh) m, daidža (sh) m (regional, non-standard)
Seri: (younger) aaitz
Shan: လုင်း (shn) (lúng) (older)
Sicilian: ziu (scn) m, zu (scn) m
Sidamo: wosiila
Sinhalese: මාමා (māmā)
Slovak: strýko m
Slovene: stric (sl) m
Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: wujk m
Spanish: tío (es) m
Sundanese: amang (su) , mamang
Swedish: onkel (sv) c, farbror (sv) c (paternal), (father's brother-in-law) far (sv) s svåger (sv) c, ingift (sv) farbror (sv) c, morbror (sv) c (maternal), (mother's brother-in-law) mor (sv) s svåger (sv) c, ingift (sv) morbror (sv) c
Tagalog: tito (tl) , tiyo , tiyuhin
Talysh: (please verify ) عمو (amu) (Asalemi)
Tamil: மாமா (ta) (māmā), பெரியப்பா (ta) (periyappā) (parent’s elder brother), சித்தப்பா (ta) (cittappā) (parent’s younger brother)
Thai: ลุง (th) (lung) (both elder brother), อา (th) (aa) (father’s younger brother), น้า (th) (náa) (mother’s younger brother)
Tibetan: ཨ་ཞང (a zhang) (maternal uncle), ཨ་ཁུ (a khu) (paternal uncle)
Torres Strait Creole: ankel
Tumbuka: sibweni
Turkish: amca (tr) (paternal), dayı (tr) (maternal), enişte (tr) (in-law) Ottoman Turkish: عموجه (ʼamuca), عم (ʼamm) (paternal uncle); دایی (dayı) (maternal uncle)
Turkmen: aga (tk) (paternal), daýy (maternal)
Tuvan: аккызы (akkızı), даайы (daayı)
Ukrainian: дя́дько m (djádʹko)
Urdu: (father's younger brother) چَچا m (cacā), تایا m (tāyā) (father's elder brother), کاکا (kākā) (paternal), ماما (māmā) (maternal)
Venetan: sio m, zhio m, barba (vec) f
Vietnamese: bác (vi) (North, elder), chú (vi) (North, younger), cậu (vi) (South, both elder and younger)
Volapük: hiter (vo) , ziom (vo)
Welsh: ewythr (cy) m
Yámana: tanowa
Yiddish: פֿעטער m (feter)