אמא
See also Appendix:Variations of "ama"
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- Syriac: ܐܡܐ
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʾimm-
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʔɛmɑʔ/
Noun
אמא f (plural אמהתא; masculine counterpart אבא)
References
- ")m" in the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.
- Marcus Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, 1903
- Jessie Payne Smith, A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of Robert Payne Smith, 1902
Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʾimm-
Noun
אמא (imma) f