"மாமா" meaning in Tamil

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Noun

IPA: /maːmaː/ Audio: Ta-மாமா.ogg Forms: māmā [romanization]
Etymology: From மாமன் (māmaṉ, “uncle”). Cognate with Telugu మామ (māma) and Kannada ಮಾವ (māva). Etymology templates: {{cog|te|మామ}} Telugu మామ (māma), {{cog|kn|ಮಾವ}} Kannada ಮಾವ (māva) Head templates: {{head|ta|noun form}} மாமா • (māmā)
  1. Vocative of மாமன் (māmaṉ). Tags: form-of, vocative Form of: மாமன் (extra: māmaṉ)
    Sense id: en-மாமா-ta-noun-44hBfdQX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /maːmaː/ Audio: Ta-மாமா.ogg
Etymology: From மாமன் (māmaṉ, “uncle”). Cognate with Telugu మామ (māma) and Kannada ಮಾವ (māva). Etymology templates: {{cog|te|మామ}} Telugu మామ (māma), {{cog|kn|ಮಾವ}} Kannada ಮಾವ (māva) Head templates: {{ta-noun}} மாமா • (māmā), {{tlb|ta|Spoken Tamil}} (Spoken Tamil) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|மாமா|மாமாக்கள்|மாமாவே|மாமாவு}} Forms: māmā [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], மாமா [nominative, singular], மாமாக்கள் [nominative, plural], மாமாவே [singular, vocative], மாமாக்களே [plural, vocative], மாமாவை [accusative, singular], மாமாக்களை [accusative, plural], மாமாவுக்கு [dative, singular], மாமாக்களுக்கு [dative, plural], மாமாவுக்காக [benefactive, singular], மாமாக்களுக்காக [benefactive, plural], மாமாவுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாமாக்களுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மாமாவின் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாமாக்களின் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மாமாவில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாமாக்களில் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மாமாவிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாமாக்களிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மாமாவோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாமாக்களோடு [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மாமாவுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], மாமாக்களுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, plural], மாமாவால் [instrumental, singular], மாமாக்களால் [instrumental, plural], மாமாவிலிருந்து [ablative, singular], மாமாக்களிலிருந்து [ablative, plural]
  1. Colloquial form of மாமன் (māmaṉ). Tags: Tamil, colloquial, form-of Form of: மாமன் (extra: māmaṉ) Derived forms: தாய்மாமா (tāymāmā)
    Sense id: en-மாமா-ta-noun-P7hQIOUH
  2. (derogatory, vulgar) a brothel dealer or broker Tags: Tamil, colloquial, derogatory, vulgar
    Sense id: en-மாமா-ta-noun-IwDvq76B Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spoken Tamil, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil terms with redundant script codes, Male family members Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 77 Disambiguation of Spoken Tamil: 27 21 52 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 83 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 14 14 73 Disambiguation of Male family members: 9 9 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "மாமாவுக்கு",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "மாமாக்களுக்கு",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "மாமாவுக்காக",
      "roman": "māmāvukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "மாமாக்களுக்காக",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவுடைய",
      "roman": "māmāvuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "மாமாக்களுடைய",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "மாமாவின்",
      "roman": "māmāviṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "மாமாக்களின்",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவில்",
      "roman": "māmāvil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களில்",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "roman": "māmāviṭam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவோடு",
      "roman": "māmāvōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
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        "2": "Spoken Tamil"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "_dis": "14 14 73",
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      "glosses": [
        "a brothel dealer or broker"
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      "links": [
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          "brothel",
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        ],
        [
          "dealer",
          "dealer"
        ],
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      ],
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      ]
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        "2": "మామ"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu మామ (māma)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ಮಾವ"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ಮಾವ (māva)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From மாமன் (māmaṉ, “uncle”). Cognate with Telugu మామ (māma) and Kannada ಮಾವ (māva).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "māmā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமா",
      "roman": "māmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்கள்",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவே",
      "roman": "māmāvē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களே",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவை",
      "roman": "māmāvai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களை",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவுக்கு",
      "roman": "māmāvukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களுக்கு",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷukku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவுக்காக",
      "roman": "māmāvukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களுக்காக",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷukkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவுடைய",
      "roman": "māmāvuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களுடைய",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவின்",
      "roman": "māmāviṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களின்",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷiṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவில்",
      "roman": "māmāvil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களில்",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவிடம்",
      "roman": "māmāviṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களிடம்",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவோடு",
      "roman": "māmāvōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களோடு",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவுடன்",
      "roman": "māmāvuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களுடன்",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவால்",
      "roman": "māmāvāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களால்",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாவிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "māmāviliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "மாமாக்களிலிருந்து",
      "roman": "māmākkaḷiliruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "மாமா • (māmā)",
      "name": "ta-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "Spoken Tamil"
      },
      "expansion": "(Spoken Tamil)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "மாமா",
        "2": "மாமாக்கள்",
        "3": "மாமாவே",
        "4": "மாமாவு"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tamil colloquialisms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "māmaṉ",
          "word": "மாமன்"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Colloquial form of மாமன் (māmaṉ)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "மாமன்",
          "மாமன்#Tamil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tamil derogatory terms",
        "Tamil vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a brothel dealer or broker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "brothel",
          "brothel"
        ],
        [
          "dealer",
          "dealer"
        ],
        [
          "broker",
          "broker"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, vulgar) a brothel dealer or broker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Tamil",
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maːmaː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-மாமா.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/77/Ta-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Ta-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "மாமா"
}

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