pitrí uncle; father's brother; father's cousin

Part of Speech n.masc
Vernacular Form پِتریۡ
Phonetic Form pitrí
Inflection Class a-decl (Pl): -á
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form pítriya- 'paternal; eldest brother who takes place of father' (T: 8188)
    • uncle; father's brother; father's cousin
      • Example 1251:
        teeṇíi pitrí the paalulaá gaaḍbáabu lhookbáabu manáana.
        teeṇíi
        refl
        pitrí
        father's.brother
        the
        to
        paalulaá
        Palula.language
        gaaḍbáabu
        fathers.older.brother
        lhookbáabu
        fathers.younger.brother
        mané
        say
        -án
        -prs
        -a
        -MPL
        In Palula we address our own uncles as "big father" and "small father".
        Source: A:MIT027e
      • Example 1542:
        tasíi eé áak ta saká bhróo gulmhaamaǰaán thaní áak ba pitríi putr hazratǰaán thaní.
        tasíi
        3sg.gen
        eé
        AMPL
        ak
        one
        ta
        DS
        saká
        real
        bhráa
        brother
        gulmhaamaǰaán
        <person>
        thaní
        called
        ak
        one
        ba
        top
        pitrí
        father's.brother
        -ii
        -gen
        putr
        son
        hazratǰaán
        <person>
        thaní
        called
        There was his own real brother called Gul Mahmad Jan, but also his uncle's son called Hazrat Jan.
        Source: A:GHU015-6