ممه

Persian

Etymology

An onomatopoeic baby-talk, common in Indo-European languages. Compare English mammal, Latin mamma, and Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

Noun

ممه • (mame)

1. (vulgar) boob, tit
2. (metonymically) breast milk

Synonyms

• پستان (pestân) (more polite)
• سینه (sine) (most polite)

Derived terms

• اون مَمِه رو لولو برد (un mame ro lulu bord)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ممه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press