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Amma

//ˈʌmə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    mother India
  2. 2
    An abbess or spiritual mother, especially one of the Desert Mothers. historical

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Etymology

Etymology 1

Related to Tamil அம்மா (ammā, “mother”), Hindi अम्मा (ammā), Malayalam അമ്മ (amma), Kannada ಅಮ್ಮ (amma, “mother”) Telugu అమ్మ (amma, “mother”), Sinhalese අම්මා (ammā, “mother”), or Classical Syriac ܐܡܐ (emma, “mother”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin amma, from Classical Syriac ܐܸܡܵܐ (ʾemmā, “mother, abbess”).

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