"عمه" meaning in Persian

See عمه in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ʔam.ˈma] [Classical-Persian], [ʔäm.mǽ] [Dari, formal], [ʔäm.mǽ] [Dari, formal], [ʔäm.mǽ] [Kabuli], [ʔäm.mǽ] (note: Hazaragi), [ʔæm.mé] [Iran, formal], [ʔäm.mǽ] [Tajik, formal]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّة (ʕamma). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|عَمَّة}} Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّة (ʕamma) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|عمهها|||||f1tr='amme-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr='amme|tr2=|tr3=}} عمه • ('amme) (plural عمهها ('amme-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=عمهها|tr='amme}} عمه • ('amme) (plural عمهها ('amme-hâ)) Forms: 'amme [romanization], عمهها [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], عمه [singular], عمهها، عمها ('amme-hấ, 'ammeấ^△) [colloquial, plural], عمه را، عمه رو ('ammé râ, 'ammá ro^△) [colloquial, definite, direct-object, singular], عمهها را، عمها رو ('amme-hấ râ, 'ammeấ ro^△) [colloquial, definite, direct-object, plural], عمهٔ [ezafe, singular], عمههای، عمهای ('amme-hấ-ye, 'ammeấ-ye^△) [colloquial, ezafe, plural], عمهای [definite, relative, singular], عمهای [indefinite, singular, stressed], عمههایی، عمهایی ('amme-hấ-yi, 'ammeấ-yi^△) [colloquial, definite, plural, relative], عمههایی، عمهایی ('amme-hấ-yi, 'ammeấ-yi^△) [colloquial, indefinite, plural, stressed], no-table-tags [table-tags], عمهام، عمم ('ammé-am, 'ammám^△) [colloquial, first-person, possessive, singular], عمههایم، عمههام ('amme-hấyam, 'ammeấm^△) [colloquial, first-person, possessive, singular], عمهات، عمت ('ammé-at, 'ammát^△) [colloquial, second-person, singular], عمههایت، عمههات ('amme-hấyat, 'ammeất^△) [colloquial, second-person, singular], عمهاش، عمش ('ammé-aš, 'ammáš^△) [colloquial, possessive, singular, third-person], عمههایش، عمههاش ('amme-hấyaš, 'ammeấš^△) [colloquial, possessive, singular, third-person], عمهمان، عمهمون، عممون^△ ('ammé-(y)emân, 'ammámun^△) [first-person, plural], عمههایمان، عمههامون ('amme-hấyemân, 'ammeấmun^△) [colloquial, first-person, plural], عمهتان، عمهتون، عمتون^△ ('ammé-(y)etân, 'ammátun^△) [plural, second-person], عمههایتان، عمههاتون ('amme-hấyetân, 'ammeấtun^△) [colloquial, plural, second-person], عمهشان، عمهشون، عمشون^△ ('ammé-(y)ešân, 'ammášun^△) [error-unrecognized-form, singular], عمههایشان، عمههاشون ('amme-hấyešân, 'ammeấšun^△) [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, plural]
  1. paternal aunt
    Sense id: en-عمه-fa-noun-Pdq-m1bA Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Family Related terms: مادر (mâdar), مامان (mâmân), ننه (nene), مامو (mâmo), مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg), مامانبزرگ (mâmân-bozorg), , ماجون (mâjun), پدر (pedar), بابا (bâbâ), دده (dede), بابو (bâbo), پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg), بابابزرگ (bâbâ-bozorg), خواهر (xâhar), آبجی (âbji), دده (dade), آباجی (âbâji), خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg), باجی (bâji), برادر (barâdar), داداش (dâdâš), کا (kâ), وردار (vardâr), کاکو (kâko), برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg), خاله (xâle), دایی (dâyi), خالو (xâlu), عمو (amu), When referring to older family members, both بزرگ and کلان are correct (kalân), but the former is more common in Iran, مادر (mādar), ننه (nana), آبه (āba), مادرکلان (mādar-kalān), بیبی (bī-bī), آجه (āja), پدر (padar), بابا (bābā), آته (āta), پدرکلان (padar-kalān), آغا (āğā), خواهر (xāhar), خوار (xwār, xār), خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān), باجی (bājī), برادر (barādar), بیادر (biyādar), برار (birār), برادرکلان (barādar-kalān), لالا (lālā), خاله (xāla), ماما (māmā), تغایی (tağāyī), کاکا (kākā), both بزرگ and کلان are correct (kalān), but the latter is more common in Afghanistan, In many dialects, cases of word final ـا may be shortened to ـه (-a), all family names ending in ـه may have an epenthetic ـی added (-y), e.g. عمه -> عمی (ammay) (english: unrelated to ezafe)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "ammə",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: ammə",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: ammə"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "عَمَّة"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّة (ʕamma)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّة (ʕamma).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "'amme",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهها",
      "roman": "'amme-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-basic-e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمه",
      "roman": "'ammé",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهها، عمها ('amme-hấ, 'ammeấ^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمه را، عمه رو ('ammé râ, 'ammá ro^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهها را، عمها رو ('amme-hấ râ, 'ammeấ ro^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهٔ",
      "roman": "'ammé-ye",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههای، عمهای ('amme-hấ-ye, 'ammeấ-ye^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "ezafe",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهای",
      "roman": "'ammé-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهای",
      "roman": "'ammé-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایی، عمهایی ('amme-hấ-yi, 'ammeấ-yi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایی، عمهایی ('amme-hấ-yi, 'ammeấ-yi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-poss-e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهام، عمم ('ammé-am, 'ammám^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایم، عمههام ('amme-hấyam, 'ammeấm^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهات، عمت ('ammé-at, 'ammát^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایت، عمههات ('amme-hấyat, 'ammeất^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهاش، عمش ('ammé-aš, 'ammáš^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایش، عمههاش ('amme-hấyaš, 'ammeấš^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهمان، عمهمون، عممون^△ ('ammé-(y)emân, 'ammámun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایمان، عمههامون ('amme-hấyemân, 'ammeấmun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهتان، عمهتون، عمتون^△ ('ammé-(y)etân, 'ammátun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایتان، عمههاتون ('amme-hấyetân, 'ammeấtun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهشان، عمهشون، عمشون^△ ('ammé-(y)ešân, 'ammášun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایشان، عمههاشون ('amme-hấyešân, 'ammeấšun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "عمهها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "'amme-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "'amme",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "عمه • ('amme) (plural عمهها ('amme-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "عمهها",
        "tr": "'amme"
      },
      "expansion": "عمه • ('amme) (plural عمهها ('amme-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "fa:Family",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: خاله (xâle)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paternal aunt"
      ],
      "id": "en-عمه-fa-noun-Pdq-m1bA",
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal aunt",
          "paternal aunt"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "mâdar",
          "word": "مادر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mâmân",
          "word": "مامان"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nene",
          "word": "ننه"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mâmo",
          "word": "مامو"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mâdar-bozorg",
          "word": "مادربزرگ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mâmân-bozorg",
          "word": "مامانبزرگ"
        },
        {
          "word": "—"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mâjun",
          "word": "ماجون"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pedar",
          "word": "پدر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bâbâ",
          "word": "بابا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dede",
          "word": "دده"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bâbo",
          "word": "بابو"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pedar-bozorg",
          "word": "پدربزرگ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bâbâ-bozorg",
          "word": "بابابزرگ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xâhar",
          "word": "خواهر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "âbji",
          "word": "آبجی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dade",
          "word": "دده"
        },
        {
          "roman": "âbâji",
          "word": "آباجی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xâhar-bozorg",
          "word": "خواهربزرگ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bâji",
          "word": "باجی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "barâdar",
          "word": "برادر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dâdâš",
          "word": "داداش"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kâ",
          "word": "کا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "vardâr",
          "word": "وردار"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kâko",
          "word": "کاکو"
        },
        {
          "roman": "barâdar-bozorg",
          "word": "برادربزرگ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xâle",
          "word": "خاله"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dâyi",
          "word": "دایی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xâlu",
          "word": "خالو"
        },
        {
          "roman": "amu",
          "word": "عمو"
        },
        {
          "word": "When referring to older family members"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kalân",
          "word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
        },
        {
          "word": "but the former is more common in Iran"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mādar",
          "word": "مادر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nana",
          "word": "ننه"
        },
        {
          "roman": "āba",
          "word": "آبه"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mādar-kalān",
          "word": "مادرکلان"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bī-bī",
          "word": "بیبی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "āja",
          "word": "آجه"
        },
        {
          "roman": "padar",
          "word": "پدر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bābā",
          "word": "بابا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "āta",
          "word": "آته"
        },
        {
          "roman": "padar-kalān",
          "word": "پدرکلان"
        },
        {
          "roman": "āğā",
          "word": "آغا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xāhar",
          "word": "خواهر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xwār, xār",
          "word": "خوار"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xāhar-kalān",
          "word": "خواهرکلان"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bājī",
          "word": "باجی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "barādar",
          "word": "برادر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "biyādar",
          "word": "بیادر"
        },
        {
          "roman": "birār",
          "word": "برار"
        },
        {
          "roman": "barādar-kalān",
          "word": "برادرکلان"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lālā",
          "word": "لالا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xāla",
          "word": "خاله"
        },
        {
          "roman": "māmā",
          "word": "ماما"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tağāyī",
          "word": "تغایی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kākā",
          "word": "کاکا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kalān",
          "word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
        },
        {
          "word": "but the latter is more common in Afghanistan"
        },
        {
          "word": "In many dialects"
        },
        {
          "roman": "-a",
          "word": "cases of word final ـا may be shortened to ـه"
        },
        {
          "roman": "-y",
          "word": "all family names ending in ـه may have an epenthetic ـی added"
        },
        {
          "english": "unrelated to ezafe",
          "roman": "ammay",
          "word": "e.g. عمه -> عمی"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔam.ˈma]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæm.mé]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "عمه"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "ammə",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: ammə",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: ammə"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "عَمَّة"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّة (ʕamma)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّة (ʕamma).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "'amme",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهها",
      "roman": "'amme-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-basic-e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمه",
      "roman": "'ammé",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهها، عمها ('amme-hấ, 'ammeấ^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمه را، عمه رو ('ammé râ, 'ammá ro^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهها را، عمها رو ('amme-hấ râ, 'ammeấ ro^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهٔ",
      "roman": "'ammé-ye",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههای، عمهای ('amme-hấ-ye, 'ammeấ-ye^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "ezafe",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهای",
      "roman": "'ammé-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهای",
      "roman": "'ammé-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایی، عمهایی ('amme-hấ-yi, 'ammeấ-yi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایی، عمهایی ('amme-hấ-yi, 'ammeấ-yi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-poss-e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهام، عمم ('ammé-am, 'ammám^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایم، عمههام ('amme-hấyam, 'ammeấm^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهات، عمت ('ammé-at, 'ammát^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایت، عمههات ('amme-hấyat, 'ammeất^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهاش، عمش ('ammé-aš, 'ammáš^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایش، عمههاش ('amme-hấyaš, 'ammeấš^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهمان، عمهمون، عممون^△ ('ammé-(y)emân, 'ammámun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایمان، عمههامون ('amme-hấyemân, 'ammeấmun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهتان، عمهتون، عمتون^△ ('ammé-(y)etân, 'ammátun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایتان، عمههاتون ('amme-hấyetân, 'ammeấtun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمهشان، عمهشون، عمشون^△ ('ammé-(y)ešân, 'ammášun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "عمههایشان، عمههاشون ('amme-hấyešân, 'ammeấšun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "عمهها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "'amme-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "'amme",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "عمه • ('amme) (plural عمهها ('amme-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "عمهها",
        "tr": "'amme"
      },
      "expansion": "عمه • ('amme) (plural عمهها ('amme-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "mâdar",
      "word": "مادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâmân",
      "word": "مامان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nene",
      "word": "ننه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâmo",
      "word": "مامو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâdar-bozorg",
      "word": "مادربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâmân-bozorg",
      "word": "مامانبزرگ"
    },
    {
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâjun",
      "word": "ماجون"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pedar",
      "word": "پدر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bâbâ",
      "word": "بابا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dede",
      "word": "دده"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bâbo",
      "word": "بابو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pedar-bozorg",
      "word": "پدربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bâbâ-bozorg",
      "word": "بابابزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xâhar",
      "word": "خواهر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "âbji",
      "word": "آبجی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dade",
      "word": "دده"
    },
    {
      "roman": "âbâji",
      "word": "آباجی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xâhar-bozorg",
      "word": "خواهربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bâji",
      "word": "باجی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barâdar",
      "word": "برادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dâdâš",
      "word": "داداش"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kâ",
      "word": "کا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vardâr",
      "word": "وردار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kâko",
      "word": "کاکو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barâdar-bozorg",
      "word": "برادربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xâle",
      "word": "خاله"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dâyi",
      "word": "دایی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xâlu",
      "word": "خالو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "amu",
      "word": "عمو"
    },
    {
      "word": "When referring to older family members"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalân",
      "word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
    },
    {
      "word": "but the former is more common in Iran"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mādar",
      "word": "مادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nana",
      "word": "ننه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āba",
      "word": "آبه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mādar-kalān",
      "word": "مادرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bī-bī",
      "word": "بیبی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āja",
      "word": "آجه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "padar",
      "word": "پدر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bābā",
      "word": "بابا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āta",
      "word": "آته"
    },
    {
      "roman": "padar-kalān",
      "word": "پدرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āğā",
      "word": "آغا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xāhar",
      "word": "خواهر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xwār, xār",
      "word": "خوار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xāhar-kalān",
      "word": "خواهرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bājī",
      "word": "باجی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barādar",
      "word": "برادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biyādar",
      "word": "بیادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "birār",
      "word": "برار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barādar-kalān",
      "word": "برادرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lālā",
      "word": "لالا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xāla",
      "word": "خاله"
    },
    {
      "roman": "māmā",
      "word": "ماما"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tağāyī",
      "word": "تغایی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kākā",
      "word": "کاکا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalān",
      "word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
    },
    {
      "word": "but the latter is more common in Afghanistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "In many dialects"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-a",
      "word": "cases of word final ـا may be shortened to ـه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-y",
      "word": "all family names ending in ـه may have an epenthetic ـی added"
    },
    {
      "english": "unrelated to ezafe",
      "roman": "ammay",
      "word": "e.g. عمه -> عمی"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Persian lemmas",
        "Persian nouns",
        "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
        "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "fa:Family"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: خاله (xâle)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paternal aunt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paternal aunt",
          "paternal aunt"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔam.ˈma]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔæm.mé]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäm.mǽ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "عمه"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: '3ʳᵈ person plural (“their”)'",
  "path": [
    "عمه"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "عمه",
  "trace": ""
}

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