Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian մամ (mam).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մամ (mam)

  1. (dialectal) grandmother
  2. (dialectal) mother

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 446

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

A nursery word, possibly of Proto-Indo-European heritage. Compare Latin mamma, Lithuanian mamà, Russian ма́ма (máma), Welsh mam, Persian مام (mâm).

Noun edit

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մամ (mam), genitive singular մամու (mamu)

  1. mother
  2. grandmother

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մամ (mam)

References edit

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մամ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մամ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 446