"amma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʌmə/ Forms: ammas [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmə Etymology: Related to Tamil அம்மா (ammā, “mother”), Hindi अम्मा (ammā), Malayalam അമ്മ (amma), Kannada ಅಮ್ಮ (amma, “mother”) Telugu అమ్మ (amma, “mother”), Sinhalese අම්මා (ammā, “mother”), or Classical Syriac ܐܡܐ (emma, “mother”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ta|அம்மா||mother}} Tamil அம்மா (ammā, “mother”), {{cog|hi|अम्मा}} Hindi अम्मा (ammā), {{cog|ml|അമ്മ|sc=Mlym}} Malayalam അമ്മ (amma), {{cog|kn|ಅಮ್ಮ||mother}} Kannada ಅಮ್ಮ (amma, “mother”), {{cog|te|అమ్మ||mother}} Telugu అమ్మ (amma, “mother”), {{cog|si|අම්මා||mother}} Sinhalese අම්මා (ammā, “mother”), {{cog|syc|ܐܡܐ||mother|tr=emma}} Classical Syriac ܐܡܐ (emma, “mother”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} amma (plural ammas)
  1. (India) mother Tags: India Derived forms: amma canteen Related terms: amah
    Sense id: en-amma-en-noun-zwYi7ypm Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈʌmə/ Forms: ammas [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmə Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin amma, from Classical Syriac ܐܸܡܵܐ (ʾemmā, “mother, abbess”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|EL.|amma|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ecclesiastical Latin amma, {{bor+|en|EL.|amma}} Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin amma, {{der|en|syc|ܐܸܡܵܐ|t=mother, abbess|tr=ʾemmā}} Classical Syriac ܐܸܡܵܐ (ʾemmā, “mother, abbess”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} amma (plural ammas)
  1. (Christianity, historical) An abbess or spiritual mother, especially one of the Desert Mothers. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Christianity, Female family members
    Sense id: en-amma-en-noun-q12Angcg Disambiguation of Female family members: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for amma meaning in English (4.5kB)

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