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The Serbian language is one of the richest languages regarding kinship terminology. The Serbs are family oriented and employ many terms whose equivalents can not be found in any foreign language, including other closely related Slavic languages. Some explain this by pointing to the fact that of all the Slavs, the Serbs, along with the Bulgarians, were the only ones to retain the original zadrugas (extended families) up until the 20th century. Terminology is not uniform and may differ from place to place. Serbian culture refers to the culture of Serbia as well as the culture of Serbians in other parts of the former Yugoslavia and elsewhere in the world. ... Serbian literature is literature written in Serbian language and/or in Serbia. ... Songs of Serbian epic poetry rarely, if ever, rhyme, but they are easy to remember as each line has exactly ten syllables and caesura after fourth syllable. ... Serbia and Montenegro is a Balkan country, recently ravaged by war that has caused widespread migration and cultural oppression. ... Turbo-folk is a music genre originating in Serbia in the early 1990s. ... The Yugoslav New Wave scene (in Slovenian and Croatian: Novi val; in Serbian: Novi talas and in Macedonian: Nov bran, all meaning: New wave) emerged in the late 1970s in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and had a significant impact on Yugoslavian culture. ... Rock and roll is an African American genre of music, which spread across the world in the 1950s and 60s. ... Serbian hip hop started in the early 80s, with the birth of b-boy crews and their battles which have spread over the country in no time. ... Art of Serbia. ... Traditional Serbian costume, like any other traditional dress of a nation or culture, has been lost to the advent of urbanization, industrialization, and the growing market of international clothing trends. ... Serbian cuisine is derived from mixed traditions, mostly influenced by Mediterranean (especially Greek), Hungarian, Turkish and Austrian couisines, which makes it a heterogeneous one. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Kinship is the most basic principle of organizing individuals into social groups, roles, and categories. ... Serbs (Serbian: Срби or Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ...  Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language  Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language  Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ... A zadruga refers to a type of village community common among South Slavs in Yugoslavian history. ...

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Direct descendance and ancestry

Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbian / Croatian (Latin) Relation English translation
бела пчела bela pčela 5th descendant grand-grand-grand-grand-daughter/son
чукунунука čukununuka 4th female descendant grand-grand-grand-daughter
чукунунук čukununuk 4th male descendant grand-grand-grand-son
праунука praunuka 3th female descendant grand-grand-daughter
праунук praunuk 3th male descendant grand-grand-son
унука unuka grand-daughter grand-daughter
унук unuk grand-son grand-son
(k)ћерка (k)ćerka daughter daughter
син sin son son
мајка majka mother mother
отац otac father father
баба baba grandmother grandmother
д(ј)ед / деда d(j)ed / deda grandfather grandfather
прабаба prababa great-grandmother great-grandmother
прад(ј)ед prad(j)ed great-grandfather great-grandfather
чукунбаба čukunbaba 4th female ancestor great-great-grandmother
чукунд(ј)ед čukund(j)ed 4th male ancestor great-great-grandfather
наврнбаба navrnbaba 5th female ancestor great-great-great-grandmother
наврнд(ј)ед navrnd(j)ed 5th male ancestor great-great-great-grandfather
aскуpђелa askurđela 6th female ancestor great-great-great-great-grandmother
aскуpђел askurđel 6th male ancestor great-great-great-great-grandfather
курђела kurđela 7th female ancestor great-great-great-great-great-grandmother
курђел kurđel 7th male ancestor great-great-great-great-great-grandfather
куредача kuredača 8th female ancestor great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother
куредал kuredal 8th male ancestor great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather
сукурдaча sukurdača 9th female ancestor great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother
сукурдал sukurdal 9th male ancestor great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather
бели орао beli orao 10th male ancestor great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather

Direct sibling relation

Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbian / Croatian (Latin) English translation
брат brat brother
сестра sestra sister

Indirect ancestry, descendance and legal relation

Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbian / Croatian (Latin) Relation English translation
стриц stric father's brother uncle
стрина strina father's brother wife aunt
ујак ujak mother's brother uncle
ујна ujna wife of mother's brother aunt
тетка tetka father's/mother's sister aunt
теча/тетак teča/tetak husband of father's/mother's sister uncle
братанац bratanac brother's son (for women) nephew
синовац sinovac brother's son (for men) nephew
братаница bratanica brother's daughter niece
сестрић sestrić sister's son nephew
сестричина sestričina sister's daughter niece
нeћак nećak sister's/brother's son (lit.) nephew
нeћакa nećaka sister's/brother's daughter (lit.) niece

Inlaws

Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbian / Croatian (Latin) Relation English translation
свекар svekar husband's father father-in-law
свекрва svekrva husband's mother mother-in-law
таст tast wife's father father-in-law
ташта tašta wife's mother mother-in-law
зет zet daughter's or sister's husband son-in-law or brother-in-law
снаха snaha son's wife daughter-in-law
снаjа snaja son's wife daughter-in-law
шурак šurak wife's brother brother-in-law
шурњаја šurnjaja wife's brother's wife sister-in-law
свастика svastika wife's sister sister-in-law
свастић svastić wife's sister's son nephew
свастичина svastičina wife's sister's daughter niece
д(ј)евер d(j)ever husband's brother brother-in-law
заова zaova husband's sister sister-in-law
пашеног pašenog wife's sister's husband
јетрва jetrva husband's brother's wife


 

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