ماما
Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From baby talk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
See also[edit]
Baluchi[edit]
Noun[edit]
ماما • (mámá)
- maternal uncle (some dialects)
See also[edit]
Hijazi Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From baby talk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ماما • (māma) f
Pashto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ماما • (mâmâ) m
Declension[edit]
Persian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɑː.mɑ́ː(j)]
Readings | |
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Dari reading? | māmā(y) |
Noun[edit]
Dari | ماما |
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Iranian Persian | دایی |
Tajik | тағо |
ماما • (māmā) (plural ماماها (māmā-hā)) (Dari)
Inflection[edit]
Basic forms of ماما (māmā)
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singular | plural | |
bare | ماما (māmā́) مامای △ (māmā́y) |
ماماها (māmā-hā́) مامایا △ (māmāy-yā́) |
definitive direct object | مامارا (māmā́ rā) مامایره △ (māmā́y ra) |
ماماها را (māmā-hā́ rā) مامایاره △ (māmāy-yā́ ra) |
izāfa | مامای (māmā́-yi) |
ماماهای (māmā-hā́-yi) مامایای △ (māmāy-yā́-yi) |
marked indefinite / relative definite | مامایی (māmā́-yē) |
ماماهایی (māmā-hā́-yē) مامایایی △ (māmāy-yā́-yē) |
△ Colloquial Dari. |
Possessive forms of ماما (māmā) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person singular (“my”) |
مامایم (māmā́yam) |
ماماهایم (māmā-hā́yam) مامایام △ (māmāy-yā́-am) |
2nd person singular (“your”) |
مامایت (māmā́yat) |
ماماهایت (māmā-hā́yat) مامایات △ (māmāy-yā́t) |
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
مامایش (māmā́yaš) مامایْشِی △ (māmā́yšī) |
ماماهایش (māmā-hā́yaš) مامایاش △ (māmāy-yā́š) |
1st plural (“our”) |
مامایمان (māmā́yimān) |
ماماهایمان (māmā-hā́yimān) مامایامان △ (māmāy-yā́mān) |
2nd plural (“your”) |
مامایتان (māmā́yitān) |
ماماهایتان (māmā-hā́yitān) مامایاتان △ (māmāy-yā́tān) |
3rd plural (“their”) |
مامایشان (māmā́yišān) |
ماماهایشان (māmā-hā́yišān) مامایاشان △ (māmāy-yā́šān) |
△ Colloquial. |
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ماما • (mâmâ)
- (Iranian Persian) midwife
South Levantine Arabic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- یامّا (yāmma)
Etymology[edit]
From baby talk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ماما • (ṃāṃa) f
See also[edit]
Urdu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɑː.mɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: ما‧ما
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit माम (māma), from Proto-Dravidian *māma.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ماما • (māmā) m (feminine مامی (māmī) or مُمانی (mumānī), Hindi spelling मामा) (colloquial)
Usage notes[edit]
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[edit]
Declension of ماما | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | ماما (māmā) | مامے (māme) |
oblique | مامے (māme) | ماموں (māmõ) |
vocative | مامے (māme) | مامو (māmo) |
References[edit]
- “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[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
ماما • (māmā) f (Hindi spelling मामा)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ماما | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | ماما (māmā) | مامائیں (māmāẽ) |
oblique | ماما (māmā) | ماماؤں (māmāõ) |
vocative | ماما (māmā) | ماماؤ (māmāo) |
Further reading[edit]
- “ماما”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ماما”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ماما (māmā)
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