ама

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ), from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

• IPA^(key): [ˈamɐ]

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а́ма • (áma)

1. but

   Synonyms: но (no), обаче (obače)

Two possible origins have been proposed:

• Accoring to Jegorov, From Proto-Turkic *ene (“mother”). Compare анне (anne) and амӑшӗ (amăš̬ĕ), all three synonymous forms descending from the same Proto-Turkic root.
• Accoring to Räsänen, from Proto-Turkic *eme (“woman”), in which case cognate with Ottoman Turkish امه (eme, “concubine”)

Both Jegorov and Räsänen compare Mongolian эм (em), from Proto-Mongolic *eme. However, such comparisons are likely not related by inheritance.

ама • (ama)

1. female
2. mother

• “ама”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
• Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ама”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 25
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) “emä”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 42

ама • (ama)

1. usual, ordinary

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ), from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

• IPA^(key): [ˈama]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: а‧ма

а́ма • (áma)

1. but

   Synonym: но (no)

• “ама” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

• IPA^(key): [ˈämɐ]
• Hyphenation: а‧ма

а́ма • (áma)

1. Emphatic form of ма (ma)

• A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) “а́ма”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN
• G. A. Animica, M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса‎^[2], Donetsk, page 6

From Proto-Tungusic *ame, compare Evenki амин (amin), Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).

ама (ama)

1. father

From Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ), in turn from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

• IPA^(key): /âma/
• Hyphenation: а‧ма

а̏ма (Latin spelling ȁma)

1. (regional) but [from 18th c.]

   Synonym: али

ама (Latin spelling ama)

1. (regional) Used to express impatience.; ugh, blah

From Proto-Yupik *amǝ-, from Proto-Eskimo *amǝ-.

ама (ama)

1. and
2. also

• G. A. Menovschikov (1964) Язык сиреникских эскимосов [The language of Sirenik Eskimos]‎^[3], Академия Наук СССР, page 179
• Yupik etymological database

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with the Dolgan word above. Also compare Tuvan анаа (anaa, “normal, ordinary”).

ама • (ama)

1. ordinary, plain, simple

   See synonyms at көннөрү (könnörü).

   ама киһи ― ama kihi ― an ordinary person

2. typical, usual

ама • (ama)

1. at the beginning of a sentence, expresses improbability or doubt