ماں

Inherited from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

• (phr) IPA^(key): /mä̃ː/

ماں (māṉ)

1. mother

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mä̃ː/
• Rhymes: -ä̃ː

From Sanskrit माता (mātā).

ماں • (māṉ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਂ)

1. mother, mom

مَـ (ma-) +‎ آں (āṉ)

• ਮੈਨੂੰ (mainū̃) — Standard Punjabi

ماں • (māṉ) f (Shahmukhi spelling ماں)

1. (Dhanni) dative of ਮੈਂ (maĩ, “I”)

• “ماں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀸 (mādā), from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Doublet of ماتا (mātā) and مادَر (mādar). Compare Punjabi ਮਾਂ (mā̃)/ماں (māṉ), Sindhi ماء (māʾu), Bengali মা (ma), Gujarati મા (mā).

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ː/

ماں • (mā̃) f (Hindi spelling माँ)

1. mother

   Synonyms: (formal) مادَر (mādar), (formal) والِدَہ (vālida), (informal) اَمّا (ammā)