Ong Ngoai
Your maternal grandfather's side of the family is referred to as your maternal grandfather's lineage or maternal grandfather's family.
Ong Ngoai
The Maori word for 'grandfather' is "koroua." It is commonly used to refer to one's paternal or maternal grandfather.
Maternal grandfather in Cantonese is 阿公 (aa3 gung1).
"Dadu" in Bengali means paternal grandmother. The equivalent for paternal grandfather is "Dada".
The correct word is "Pitaamah" but almost universally the words "Daadaa" or "Baabaa" are used for paternal grandfather. For maternal grandfater, the Hindi word is "Naanaa".
Ancestors on your mother's side are maternal ancestors. On your father's side, they are paternal ancestors.
The correct word is "Pitaamah" but almost universally the words "Daadaa" or "Baabaa" are used for paternal grandfather. For maternal grandfater, the Hindi word is "Naanaa".
There is a very strange American jewellery website claiming that agiduda is Cherokee for grandfather but this may be complete fantasy.The Cherokee word for grandfather is ududu or ginisi (paternal grandfather) or gidudu (maternal grandfather).
The word "grandfather" in Chinese is written as 爷爷 (yé yé), which is the paternal grandfather. If you are referring to the maternal grandfather, it is written as 外公 (wài gōng).
Your mother's father is your maternal grandfather.
मातामही { मम्मो } matamah { mammo } = maternal grandmotherपितामही pitamah = paternal grandmotherमातामह matamaha = maternal grandfatherपितामह pitamaha = paternal grandfather