मम

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मम (mama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məm/

Pronoun

मम • (mamn (higher register, poetic)

  1. my, mine
    Synonym: माझे (mājhe) ( standard)
    त्या क्षेम असो मम वरा
    tyā kṣem aso mam varā
    Let well-being prevail, so is my blessing.

References

  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Alternative forms

Etymology

  1. Possibly from Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), from Mandarin 饃饃馍馍 (mómo)
  2. Alternately, from Newar मोमे (mome, to cook by steaming)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʌmʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: मम

Noun

मम • (mama)

  1. momo (a type of dumpling eaten in Nepal and Tibet)

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

मम

  1. Devanagari script form of mama, which is genitive/dative singular of अहं (ahaṃ, me)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Assimilated from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mána.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

मम • (máma)

  1. my, mine (genitive singular of अस्मद् (asmad))