སྲུ་མོ
sru mo
The Tibetan word for aunt is སྲུ་མོ (sru mo). Wiktionary also lists ཨ་ནེ.
Meaning: a parent's sister or sister-in-law (noun)
Ways to say it
| Tibetan | Romanization (Wiktionary) |
|---|---|
| སྲུ་མོ | sru mo |
| ཨ་ནེ |
The term refers to a parent's sister or a sister-in-law.
How do you pronounce it?
sru mo
Did you know?
- The word སྲུ་མོ shares a common linguistic ancestor with the Chinese word for 'elder sister', 媭, suggesting deep historical ties between these high-altitude cultures.
- In some contexts, the term for aunt is used as a respectful way to address any middle-aged woman in the community, even if she is not a relative.
- In many Tibetan dialects, the way you address an aunt changes based on her seniority relative to your parents.
Example sentences for Tibetan are not verified yet.
Example conversation
Rinchen is asking Tseringmo about her family.
- རིནཅེན། Rinchenཚེ་རིང་མོ། ཁྱེད་རེའི་སྲུ་མོ་ག་པར་ཡོད།Tseringmo, khye re srumo ga par yod?Tseringmo, where is your aunt?
- ཚེ་རིང་མོ། Tseringmoངའི་སྲུ་མོ་ལྷ་སར་ཡོད།ngai srumo Lhasar yod.My aunt is in Lhasa.
- རིནཅེན། Rinchenམོ་ནི་མི་བཟང་པོ་རེད།mo ni mi bzang po red.She is a kind person.
- ཚེ་རིང་མོ། Tseringmoལགས་སོ། མོ་ནི་སེམས་པ་བཟང་པོ་རེད།lags so, mo ni sems pa bzang po red.Yes, she is very kind-hearted.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “aunt” translations and entries སྲུ་མོ, ཨ་ནེ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries སྲུ་མོ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
