🔤 Teknonymous

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URDU

بچے کے نام سے والدین کو پکارنا
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
bachay ke naam se walidain ko pukarna
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ENGLISH

📚adjective
teknonymous
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˌtek.nəˈnɪm.əs/
Phonetic: /tek nuh nim us/
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DEFINITION

named or referred to after one's child rather than by one's personal name
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Many traditional cultures use a teknonymous naming system for new parents. In that community, becoming teknonymous reflects a key milestone in adulthood. She became known by a teknonymous title after the birth of her first son. Anthropologists documented the custom of teknonymous address across villages. Addressing elders through a teknonymous term expresses respect in the region.
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SYNONYMS

child named parenting named indirect title
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