মা

Assamese

মেকুৰী পোৱালিৰ সৈতে সিহঁতৰ মায়েক।

mekuri püalir xoite xihõtor mayek.

Kittens with their mother.

Alternative forms

• মাই (mai), মাও (maü)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese মাৱ (mawo), from Sanskrit मा (mā). Doublet of মাতৃ (matri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma/, /maː/

Noun

মা • (ma)

1. mother, mom

   Synonyms: আই (ai), আম্মা (amma)

Kinship declension

Conjugation forms of মা

			case
			nominative	accusative	dative	terminative	genitive	locative
1st		মোৰ (mür, “my”), আমাৰ (amar, “our”)	মা ma	মাক mak	মালৈ maloi	মালৈকে maloike	মাৰ mar	মাত mat
2nd	very familiar; inferior	তোৰ (tür, “your”), তহঁতৰ (tohõtor, “your(pl)”)	মাৰ mar	মাৰক marok	মাৰলৈ maroloi	মাৰলৈকে maroloike	মাৰৰ maror	মাৰত marot
	familiar	তোমাৰ (tümar, “your”), তোমালোকৰ (tümalükor, “your(pl)”)	মাৰা mara	মাৰাক marak	মাৰালৈ maraloi	মাৰালৈকে maraloike	মাৰাৰ marar	মাৰাত marat
	formal	আপোনাৰ (apünar, “your”), আপোনালোকৰ (apünalükor, “your(pl)”)	মাক mak	মাকক makok	মাকলৈ makoloi	মাকলৈকে makoloike	মাকৰ makor	মাকত makot
3rd		তাৰ (tar, “his”), তাইৰ (tair, “her”), সিহঁতৰ (xihõtor, “their”), তেওঁৰ (teü̃r, “his/her(frm)”) etc

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मा (mā). Doublet of মাতা (mata), মাতৃ (matri), মাই (mai, “breast”), and মেয়ে (meẏe, “girl”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ma/, [ˈmaː], [ˈmaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ma/, [ˈmaː], [ˈmaˑ]

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Noun

মা • (ma)

1. mother, Mom

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:মা

   তোর মা কোথায়?

   tor ma kothaẏ?

   Where's your mother?

2. (endearing) daughter, child

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative	মা (ma)
objective	মাকে (make)
genitive	মার (mar)
definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	মাটা, মাটি (maṭa (colloquial), maṭi (formal))	মারা (mara)
objective	মাটাকে, মাটিকে (maṭake (colloquial), maṭike (formal))	মাদের(কে) (mader(ke))
genitive	মাটার, মাটির (maṭar (colloquial), maṭir (formal))	মাদের (mader)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Old Bengali

Alternative forms

• ম (ma)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मा (mā́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máH, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁ (prohibitive particle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ː/

Adverb

মা (mā)

1. prohibitive particle: ne, not

Further reading

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926), The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 262