aunts and uncles

Bengali translation: masira, pisira,mamira, mamara, pisemoshaira, mesomoshaira

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English term or phrase:aunts and uncles
Bengali translation:masira, pisira,mamira, mamara, pisemoshaira, mesomoshaira
Entered by: Anna Konar

07:24 Oct 5, 2008
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English term or phrase: aunts and uncles
how to say: "aunts and uncles came to my house"? i mean masi, mami, kaki etc mixed. so how to say it in plural that different aunts and uncles came? (i need hindu variant if there is any difference)
Anna Konar
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:04
masira, pisira,mamira, mamara, pisemoshaira, mesomoshaira
Explanation:
Obviously it is clear that you should add suffix -ra after masi,pisi etc. to make them plural.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-10-05 12:26:11 GMT)
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Ok, you can say "masipisira" for all type of aunts. New Bengali is now absorbing the word "aunt" but still it is not widely accepted.

So the word will be : aunts came to my house= masipisira amar bari asben
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keshab
Local time: 05:34
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masira, pisira,mamira, mamara, pisemoshaira, mesomoshaira


Explanation:
Obviously it is clear that you should add suffix -ra after masi,pisi etc. to make them plural.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-10-05 12:26:11 GMT)
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Ok, you can say "masipisira" for all type of aunts. New Bengali is now absorbing the word "aunt" but still it is not widely accepted.

So the word will be : aunts came to my house= masipisira amar bari asben

keshab
Local time: 05:34
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in BengaliBengali
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: i meant is it possible to say it all in one word? if i want to say about masi and pisi together can i use one word to say "aunts" which will means masi, pisi, mami and others? i need all in one. otherways it won't sound good (too long) to mention every masi and pisi in one sentense

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