मम

See also: मामा and मामी

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मम (mama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.mə/

Pronoun

मम • (mam) n (higher register, poetic)

1. my, mine

   Synonym: माझे (mājhe) ( standard)

   त्या क्षेम असो मम वरा

   tyā kṣem aso mam varā

   Let well-being prevail, so is my blessing.

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Alternative forms

• मःम (maḥma), मःमः (maḥmaḥ), ममः (mamaḥ), मोमो (momo), मोःमो (moḥmo), मोःमोः (moḥmoḥ), मोमोः (momoḥ), ममो (mamo)

Etymology

1. Possibly from Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), from Mandarin 饃饃／馍馍 (mómo)
2. Alternately, from Newar मोमे (mome, “to cook by steaming”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʌmʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: मम

Noun

मम • (mama)

1. momo (a type of dumpling eaten in Nepal and Tibet)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mama (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• মম (Bengali script)
• මම (Sinhalese script)
• မမ (Burmese script)
• มม or มะมะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ມມ or ມະມະ (Lao script)
• មម (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄟 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

मम

1. Devanagari script form of mama, which is genitive/dative singular of अहं (ahaṃ, “me”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মম (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬫ (Balinese script)
• মম (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• မမ (Burmese script)
• મમ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಮ (Kannada script)
• មម (Khmer script)
• ມມ (Lao script)
• മമ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐩 (Newa script)
• ମମ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖦 (Siddham script)
• මම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚢 (Takri script)
• மம (Tamil script)
• మమ (Telugu script)
• มม (Thai script)
• མ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Assimilated from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mána.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.mɐ/

Pronoun

मम • (máma)

1. my, mine (genitive singular of मद् (mad))