مام
See also: مأم
Central Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːm/
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | mam |
|---|
مام (mam)
- paternal uncle (brother of one's father)
Kashmiri
Etymology
From Sanskrit मामक (māmaka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maːm]
Noun
مام • (mām) m (Devanagari माम)
- maternal uncle (a brother of one's mother)
Related terms
- مامَنؠ (māman', “maternal aunt”)
- ماس (mās, “maternal aunt”)
Laki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːm/
Verb
مام (mam)
- first-person singular present indicative of ههتن (hatan, “to come”)
Persian
Etymology 1
From the brand; in English Mum.
Pronunciation
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mɒːm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | mâm |
Noun
مام • (mâm) (Iran)
- roll-on deodorant
- (by extension) any deodorant in general
- Synonyms: دئودورانت (de'odorânt), (rare) بوزدا (buzodâ)
Etymology 2
Probably Inherited from Middle Persian 𐬨𐬁𐬨 (mām, “mom”),[1] ultimately baby talk. Compare related terms such as ماما, مامی, Sarikoli mom (“grandmother”), and English mom.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈmaːm/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mɑːm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mɒːm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mɔm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mām |
| Dari reading? | mām |
| Iranian reading? | mâm |
| Tajik reading? | mom |
Noun
مام • (mām / mâm) (Tajik spelling мом)
- (poetic, colloquial, childish) mother, mom
- 1010, Abu l-Qasem Ferdowsi Tusi, شاهنامه [Shahnameh]:
- چو آن خواسته دید شاه زمین
بپذرفت و بر مام کرد آفرین- ču ān xāsta dīd šah-i zamīn
bipzaruft u bar mām kard āfarīn - When he (Fereydun), the king of the earth saw the gifts
He accepted them and hailed his mother
- ču ān xāsta dīd šah-i zamīn
Derived terms
- مام وطن (mām watan / mâm vatan, “motherland”)
References
- ^ Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مام”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press