Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Reinforced by Russian мама (mama).

Noun edit

մամա (mama)

  1. mother
  2. (dialectal) Alternative form of մամ (mam)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

A nursery word probably of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Noun edit

մամա (mama)

  1. (dialectal) food, bread, 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 446