մամ

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian մամ (mam).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

մամ (mam)

  1. (dialectal) grandmother
  2. (dialectal) mother

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 446

Middle Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A nursery word, possibly of Proto-Indo-European heritage. Compare Latin mamma, Lithuanian mamà, Russian ма́ма (máma), Welsh mam, Persian مام (mâm).

Noun[edit]

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մամ (mam), genitive singular մամու (mamu)

  1. mother
  2. grandmother

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: մամ (mam)

References[edit]

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մամ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 446