Armenian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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մա (ma)

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

Declension

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References

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