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mausi

English translation: Aunty

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Hindi term or phrase:mausi
English translation:Aunty
Entered by: georgina singh

17:15 Jan 18, 2007
Hindi to English translations [PRO]
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Hindi term or phrase: mausi
a form of addressing somebody. for example: Shyam mausi
mww
Local time: 04:56
Aunty
Explanation:
When addressing anylady older than ourselves, we use the term "mausi" as a form of respect to them.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2007-01-19 05:12:53 GMT)
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It may not beyour mother's sister or father's brother's wife- but still we use the term "mausi" in respect to an older lady.
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georgina singh
India
Local time: 08:26
Grading comment
thnx for giving the culture context
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6Aunt / Aunty
Kamlesh Dhavale
5mother's sister
Narasimhan Raghavan
5Aunty
georgina singh


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
mother's sister


Explanation:
Mausi in Hindi means "maa jaisi" that is to say, "like the mother" "as good as mother". It is a beautiful relationship.

Tamil is my mother tongue and as I am fond of saying, Hindi is my mausi-tongue.

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 08:26
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Aunt / Aunty


Explanation:
Mausi is maternal aunt. The term of address would be "Aunt" or "Aunty".

Kamlesh Dhavale
India
Local time: 08:26
Native speaker of: Native in MarathiMarathi, Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  keshab: yes, Shyam mausi becomes Shyam Aunty
19 mins
agree  Tejinder Soodan
49 mins
agree  Rajan Chopra: Hindi is pretty rich in this respect as it has separate words for mother's sister, father's sister, mother's brother's wife, father's brothers wife i.e.Mausi, BuA, MAmii & TAii respectively but English has just Aunt or Aunty for all of these relations.
1 hr
agree  satish krishna itikela
12 hrs
agree  Asghar Bhatti
1 day 6 hrs
agree  Ravindra Godbole
5 days
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Aunty


Explanation:
When addressing anylady older than ourselves, we use the term "mausi" as a form of respect to them.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2007-01-19 05:12:53 GMT)
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It may not beyour mother's sister or father's brother's wife- but still we use the term "mausi" in respect to an older lady.

georgina singh
India
Local time: 08:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thnx for giving the culture context
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