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amma¹

  • /ˈʌmə/

Rhymes with -ʌmə

Where it comes from

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”).

noun ammas

  1. India mother He'd heard her refer to her own mother as "Amma," but whether this meant "mom" or "mother," he wasn't sure.

amma²

  • /ˈʌmə/

Rhymes with -ʌmə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin amma, from Classical Syriac ܐܸܡܵܐ (ʾemmā, “mother, abbess”).

noun ammas

  1. historical An abbess or spiritual mother, especially one of the Desert Mothers. For quotations using this term, see Citations:amma.

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"amma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/amma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{amma_2026,
  title = {amma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}