माँ

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

Hindi

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Punjabi ਮਾਂ (mā̃), Gujarati મા (mā), માં (mā̃), Bengali মা (ma), Assamese মা (ma), Odia ମା (mā), Marathi माय (māy), Konkani मांय (mā̃y).

Pronunciation

Noun

माँ • (mā̃) f (Urdu spelling ماں)

  1. (informal) mother
    Synonyms: (formal) माता (mātā), (formal) मातृ (mātŕ), (Muslim usage) वालिदा (vālidā)
  2. (endearing) mom, mommy
    Synonyms: अम्मी (ammī), अम्मा (ammā), माऊ (māū), मैया (maiyā)

Derived terms

Newar

Noun

माँ • (mā̃)

  1. mother
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