माम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মাম (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
• মাম (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• မာမ (Burmese script)
• મામ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾಮ (Kannada script)
• មាម (Khmer script)
• ມາມ (Lao script)
• മാമ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
• ମାମ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
• මාම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
• மாம (Tamil script)
• మామ (Telugu script)
• มาม (Thai script)
• མཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *māma (“maternal uncle, paternal aunt's husband”), compare Tamil மாமா (māmā) and Telugu మామ (māma).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑː.mɐ/

Noun

माम • (māma) stem, m

1. maternal uncle

Descendants

• Hindi: मामा (māmā)
• Bengali: মামা (mama)