"মামা" meaning in All languages combined

See মামা on Wiktionary

Noun [Bengali]

IPA: /ma.ma/, [ˈma.ma] Audio: LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-মামা.wav
Rhymes: -ama Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit माम (māma), from Proto-Dravidian *māma. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|bn|sa|माम|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit माम (māma), {{inh+|bn|sa|माम}} Inherited from Sanskrit माम (māma), {{der|bn|dra-pro|*māma}} Proto-Dravidian *māma Head templates: {{head|bn|noun|||||||||||||||||autotrinfl=1|head=|sort=|tr=|tr2=}} মামা • (mama), {{bn-noun}} মামা • (mama) Inflection templates: {{bn-decl-noun-c|gen=মামার|gen-p=মামাদের|gen-p-tr=mamader|gen-s=মামাটার, মামাটির|gen-s-tr=mamaṭar (colloquial), mamaṭir (formal)|gen-tr=mamar|nom=মামা|nom-p=মামারা|nom-p-tr=mamara|nom-s=মামাটা, মামাটি|nom-s-tr=mamaṭa (colloquial), mamaṭi (formal)|nom-tr=mama|obj=মামাকে|obj-p=মামাদের(কে)|obj-p-tr=mamader(ke)|obj-s=মামাটাকে, মামাটিকে|obj-s-tr=mamaṭake (colloquial), mamaṭike (formal)|obj-tr=mamake}} Forms: mama [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], মামা [indefinite, nominative], মামাকে [indefinite, objective], মামার [genitive, indefinite], মামাটা [definite, nominative, singular], মামাটি (mamaṭa (colloquial), mamaṭi (formal)) [definite, nominative, singular], মামারা [definite, nominative, plural], মামাটাকে [definite, objective, singular], মামাটিকে (mamaṭake (colloquial), mamaṭike (formal)) [definite, objective, singular], মামাদের(কে) [definite, objective, plural], মামাদের(কে) [definite, objective, plural], মামাটার [definite, genitive, singular], মামাটির (mamaṭar (colloquial), mamaṭir (formal)) [definite, genitive, singular], মামাদের [definite, genitive, plural], Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
  1. maternal uncle
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Download raw JSONL data for মামা meaning in All languages combined (5.3kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (99a4ed9 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.