माँ

Hindi

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀸 (mādā), 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), Oriya ମା (ma), Marathi माय (māy), Konkani मांय (mā̃y).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃ː/

Noun

माँ • (mā̃) f (Urdu spelling ماں‎)

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

Derived terms

Newari

Noun

माँ (mā̃)

  1. mother
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