اما

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *amma (“mother”).

اَمّا (ammā)

1. mother, grandmother
2. (occasionally) sister, daughter
3. respectful term of address to any woman

• Bray, Denys (1934) “ammā”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 53
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “183”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

اَمّا (əmmâ)

1. Arabic spelling of əmmâ (“but”)

اما (emâ)

1. we

From Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

امّا • (ammâ)

1. but
2. however

• ولی (vali)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اما (ammā), from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

اَمّا • (ammā) (Hindi spelling अम्मा)

1. but
2. moreover
3. nevertheless
4. yet
5. however

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀫𑀸 (aṃmā), from Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā).

• اَمّاں (ammā̃), اَمّی (ammī)

اَمّا • (ammā) f (Hindi spelling अम्मा)

1. (informal) mother; mom, mum

   Synonyms: ماں (mā̃), (formal) مادَر (mādar), (formal) والِدَہ (vālida)

   Coordinate term: اَبّا (abbā)

• اَمّا جان (ammā jān)

Borrowed from Sanskrit उमा (umā).

اُما • (umā) f (Hindi spelling उमा)

1. flax
2. linseed
3. light
4. splendor
5. fame
6. reputation
7. night
8. tranquility