See ماما in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"second-person",
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"possessive",
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]
},
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"possessive",
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"roman": "xāhar",
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{
"roman": "xwār, xār",
"word": "خوار"
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{
"roman": "xāhar-kalān",
"word": "خواهرکلان"
},
{
"word": "—"
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"roman": "bājī",
"word": "باجی"
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{
"roman": "barādar",
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{
"roman": "biyādar",
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"roman": "birār",
"word": "برار"
},
{
"roman": "barādar-kalān",
"word": "برادرکلان"
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{
"roman": "lālā",
"word": "لالا"
},
{
"roman": "xāla",
"word": "خاله"
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{
"roman": "tağāyī",
"word": "تغایی"
},
{
"roman": "amma",
"word": "عمه"
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{
"roman": "kākā",
"word": "کاکا"
},
{
"word": "When referring to older family members"
},
{
"roman": "kalān",
"word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
},
{
"word": "but the latter is more common in Afghanistan"
},
{
"word": "In many dialects"
},
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"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"
}
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"form": "ماماهای، مامایای (māmā-hā́-yi, māmāy-yā́-yi^△)",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "ماماهایی، مامایایی (māmā-hā́-yē, māmāy-yā́-yē^△)",
"source": "inflection",
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"Dari",
"colloquial",
"definite",
"plural",
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"form": "ماماهایی، مامایایی (māmā-hā́-yē, māmāy-yā́-yē^△)",
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"colloquial",
"indefinite",
"plural",
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"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
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"source": "inflection",
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"form": "ماماهایت، مامایات (māmā-hā́yat, māmāy-yā́t^△)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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"form": "مامایش، مامایْشِی (māmā́yaš, māmā́yšī^△)",
"source": "inflection",
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"possessive",
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"possessive",
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"plural",
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"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
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"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "māmā",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "ماما • (māmā) (plural ماماها (māmā-hā))",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "ماماها",
"pltr": "māmā-hā",
"tr": "māmā"
},
"expansion": "ماما • (māmā) (plural ماماها (māmā-hā))",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"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"
},
{
"word": "—"
},
{
"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": "tağāyī",
"word": "تغایی"
},
{
"roman": "amma",
"word": "عمه"
},
{
"roman": "kākā",
"word": "کاکا"
},
{
"word": "When referring to older family members"
},
{
"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": [
"Dari"
],
"glosses": [
"maternal uncle"
],
"links": [
[
"maternal",
"maternal"
],
[
"uncle",
"uncle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Dari) maternal uncle"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "دایی"
}
],
"tags": [
"Dari"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[mɑː.mɑ́ː(j)]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
}
],
"word": "ماما"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 9 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"fa:Family",
"fa:Titles"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "mâmâ",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "mâmâ",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "ماما • (mâmâ)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"tr": "mâmâ"
},
"expansion": "ماما • (mâmâ)",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Iranian Persian"
],
"glosses": [
"midwife"
],
"links": [
[
"midwife",
"midwife"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Iran) midwife"
],
"tags": [
"Iran"
]
}
],
"word": "ماما"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ماما meaning in Persian (8.4kB)
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'izāfa'",
"path": [
"ماما"
],
"section": "Persian",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ماما",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: '3ʳᵈ person plural (“their”)'",
"path": [
"ماما"
],
"section": "Persian",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ماما",
"trace": ""
}
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