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Arabic
Etymology
From baby talk.
Pronunciation
Noun
مَامَا • (māmā) f
- (childish, familiar) mum, mummy, mama
تُحَضِّرُ مَامَا أَفْضَلَ كَعْكَةٍ بِٱلشُّوكُولَاتَةِ.- tuḥaḍḍiru māmā ʔafḍala kaʕkatin bi-š-šukulātati.
- Mom prepares the best chocolate cake.
Declension
Declension of noun مَامَا (māmā)
Singular
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singular invariable
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Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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Informal
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مَامَا māmā
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الْمَامَا al-māmā
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مَامَا māmā
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Nominative
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مَامَا māmā
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الْمَامَا al-māmā
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مَامَا māmā
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Accusative
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مَامَا māmā
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الْمَامَا al-māmā
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مَامَا māmā
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Genitive
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مَامَا māmā
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الْمَامَا al-māmā
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مَامَا māmā
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See also
Baluchi
Noun
ماما • (mámá)
- maternal uncle (some dialects)
See also
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From baby talk.
Pronunciation
Noun
ماما • (māma) f
- mum, mom
- Synonyms: أم (umm), والدة (wālda)
Pashto
Pronunciation
Noun
ماما • (mâmâ) m
- maternal uncle
Declension
declension of ماما
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singular
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plural
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direct
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ماما (mâmâ)
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ماماګان (mâmâgān)
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oblique
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ماما (mâmâ)
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ماماګانو (mâmâgāno)
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vocative
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ماما (mâmâ)
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ماماګانو (mâmâgāno)
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Persian
Etymology 1
Akin to Pashto, Baluchi, and Urdu ماما (mâmâ), as well as Sanskrit and Hindi मामा (māmā). All with the same meaning. Ultimately Derived from Proto-Dravidian *māma.
Pronunciation
Readings
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Dari reading?
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māmā(y)
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Noun
Dari
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ماما
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Iranian Persian
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دایی
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Tajik
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тағо
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ماما • (māmā) (plural ماماها (māmā-hā)) (Dari)
- (chiefly Dari) maternal uncle
- Synonym: دایی (dâyi)
- Coordinate terms: عمو ('amu), کاکا (kâkâ), کاکو (kâko), (archaic) افدر (afdar)
Inflection
Basic forms of ماما (māmā)
- (Classical and Dari Persian)
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singular
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plural
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bare
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ماما (māmā́) مامای △ (māmā́y)
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ماماها (māmā-hā́) مامایا △ (māmāy-yā́)
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definitive direct object
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مامارا (māmā́ rā) مامایره △ (māmā́y ra)
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ماماها را (māmā-hā́ rā) مامایاره △ (māmāy-yā́ ra)
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izāfa
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مامای (māmā́-yi)
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ماماهای (māmā-hā́-yi) مامایای △ (māmāy-yā́-yi)
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marked indefinite / relative definite
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مامایی (māmā́-yē)
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ماماهایی (māmā-hā́-yē) مامایایی △ (māmāy-yā́-yē)
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△ Colloquial Dari.
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See also
- عمه ('amma) (paternal aunt)
- خاله (xâla) (maternal aunt)
Etymology 2
Noun
ماما • (mâmâ)
- (Iranian Persian) midwife
South Levantine Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From baby talk.
Pronunciation
Noun
ماما • (ṃāṃa) f
- (childish) mom, mum, mama
- an affectionate form of address used by a mother to her child
See also
- إم (umm, “mother”)
- بابا (ḅāḅa, “dad”)
Urdu
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit माम (māma), from Proto-Dravidian *māma.
Alternative forms
Noun
ماما • (māmā) m (feminine مامی (māmī) or مُمانی (mumānī), Hindi spelling मामा) (colloquial)
- maternal uncle
Usage notes
ماما (māmā) is considered colloquial, perhaps even impolite. It has been labelled as "Hindu" in old dictionaries, or in the modern context "Hindi". مامُوں (māmū̃) is more commonly used in Urdu.
Declension
Declension of ماما
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singular
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plural
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direct
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ماما (māmā)
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مامے (māme)
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oblique
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مامے (māme)
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ماموں (māmõ)
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vocative
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مامے (māme)
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مامو (māmo)
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References
- “ماما”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 578
Etymology 2
From ماں (mā̃), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀸 (mādā), from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Alternative forms
Noun
ماما • (māmā) f (Hindi spelling मामा)
- (endearing) mum
- Synonyms: ماں (mā̃), اَمّاں (ammā̃), اَمّی (ammī)
- (childish) mummy
- a household female servant
Declension
Declension of ماما
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singular
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plural
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direct
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ماما (māmā)
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مامائیں (māmāẽ)
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oblique
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ماما (māmā)
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ماماؤں (māmāõ)
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vocative
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ماما (māmā)
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ماماؤ (māmāo)
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Further reading
- “ماما”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ماما”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ماما”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ماما”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “ماما”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “ماما”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
Ushojo
Etymology
From Pashto ماما (māmā).
Noun
ماما (māmā)
- maternal uncle