Most words are common to other Slavic languages, though some derive from Turkish.
Terminology may differ from place to place; the terms used in the Standard are listed below, dialectical or regional forms are marked [Dial.]
There are four main types of kinship in the family: biological a.k.a.
[1] Traditionally, three generations of a family will live together in a home in what anthropologists call a joint family structure (reminiscent of the historical zadruga units), where parents, their son(s), and grandchildren would cohabit in a family home.
The fourth-generation terms are also used as generics for ancestors and descendants.