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Bulgarian
Etymology
According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, of babbling origin similar to ма́ма (máma, “mom”), на́на (nána, “aunty, female relative”). No exact cognates outside of Balkan Slavic (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian), thus, possibly a neologism. Formally, may result from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, to ripen”) (whence perhaps Proto-Celtic *makʷos (“son”)).
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Pronunciation
Noun
мома́ • (momá) f (masculine мо́мък, diminutive моме́)
- female equivalent of мо́мък (mómǎk): young woman or girl, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, damsel
- female equivalent of мо́мък (mómǎk): unmarried woman
- virgin
- Synonyms: девица (devica), девственица (devstvenica)
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References
- “мома”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мома”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “мома́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 79
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мома”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 224
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
мо́ма • (móma) f (plural мо́ми, relational adjective мо́мин or мо́мински, diminutive мо́ме or мо́менце or мо́миче or мо́мичка)
- (folk poetic, regional) young woman, lass, maiden, damsel
- (folk poetic, regional) unmarried woman
- a thin slice of bread
Declension
References
- “мома” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu