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Chamalal
Etymology
Borrowed from Tindi мама́ча.
Pronunciation
Noun
мама́ша • (mamáša)
- badger (mammal)
References
- Magomedova, Patimat T. (1999) Чамалинско-русский словарь [Chamali-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 214
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
мама́ша • (mamáša) f anim (genitive мама́ши, nominative plural мама́ши, genitive plural мама́ш)
- (colloquial) mother, mamma, mummy
1885, Антон Чехов, Кухарка женится; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Cook's Wedding, 1922:Мамаша всё время сердилась, что от няньки пахнет водкой и что из-за этих свадеб некому поставить самовар.- Mamaša vsjo vremja serdilasʹ, što ot njanʹki paxnet vodkoj i što iz-za etix svadeb nekomu postavitʹ samovar.
- Mamma was cross all the evening because nurse smelt of vodka, and owing to the wedding there was no one to heat the samovar.
- familiar term of address for an (elderly) woman
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