Armenian edit

Etymology edit

A nursery word probably of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare Sanskrit मा (, mother), Ancient Greek μᾶ (, mother), English ma.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մա (ma)

  1. (dialectal) mommy, mamma
  2. (dialectal) food, eating

Declension edit

References edit

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 443