माँ

See also: मा, मां, मैं, म, में, and मी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀸 (mādā), from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Doublet of माता (mātā), a tatsama. Compare Punjabi ਮਾਂ (mā̃), Gujarati મા (mā), માં (mā̃), Bengali মা (ma), Assamese মা (ma), Oriya ମା (ma), Marathi माय (māy), Konkani मांय (mā̃y).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ː/, [mä̃ː]

Noun

माँ • (mā̃) f (Urdu spelling ماں‎)

1. (informal) mother

   Synonyms: माता (mātā), जननी (jannī), अंबा (ambā), (Muslim usage) वालिदा (vālidā)

2. (endearing) mum, mummy

   Synonyms: अम्मी (ammī), अम्मा (ammā), माऊ (māū), मैया (maiyā)

Declension

Declension of माँ (fem ā̃-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माँ mā̃	माएँ māẽ
oblique	माँ mā̃	माओं māõ
vocative	माँ mā̃	माओं māõ

Derived terms

• माँ-बाप (mā̃-bāp)

Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mã]

Noun

माँ • (mā̃) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐩𑐵𑑃)

1. mother