After realising that I didn't really know the Hindi words for cousin, I looked them up. It turns out that there are different words for the children of one's paternal and maternal aunts and uncles. The online Hindi dictionary I use most also lists the two words I hear most often "brother" and "sister". In my limited experience, Hindi and Punjabi speakers seldom call their cousins "cousins". They are simply brothers and sisters.

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