[ammā], f. a mother, mummy.
[◀MIA: Pk. aṁbā- f., aṁmā-, °mayā- f. ‘mother’; aṁbiā- ‘name of a goddess’; Pa. ambā-, ammā- f. ‘mother’, ambakā- f. ‘poor woman’ ◀OIA ambā́- f. ‘mother’ RV. ◀PIE *am(m)a, amī̆ ‘mother’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. amah, aunt, amateur, amicable, amour ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0079; (Turner, 1966) 574; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 074; (MW, 1899) 0083; (Pokorny, 1959) 0036; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.100
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