yeğen — meaning in English

English meaning

• cousin noun The child of one's aunt or uncle.
• nephew noun The son of one's brother or sister, or of one's sibling-in-law.
• niece noun The daughter of one's brother, sister, or their spouse.

Senses

yeğen is used for these senses in English:

• cousin (specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.
• nephew A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
• nibling (originally, chiefly, anthropology, often, in the plural) Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law; one's nephew or niece. [from 1951]
• niece A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

cousin — full definition

1. noun The child of one's aunt or uncle.
2. noun More broadly, any distant relative who is not a direct ancestor or descendant.

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