माँ

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

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: 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. Doublet of माता (mātā), a tatsama. 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: 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

Newar

Pronunciation

Noun

माँ • (mā̃) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐩𑐵𑑃)

  1. mother
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