माम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

মাম্ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬵᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
মাম্ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰯𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀸𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
မာမ် (Burmese script)
મામ્ (Gujarati script)
ਮਾਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌾𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦴꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂰𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಮಾಮ್ (Kannada script)
មាម៑ (Khmer script)
ມາມ຺ (Lao script)
മാമ് (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘰𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢗᠮ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧑𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐵𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
ମାମ୍ (Odia script)
ꢪꢵꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆳𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖯𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
මාම් (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩛𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚭𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
மாம் (Tamil script)
మామ్ (Telugu script)
มามฺ (Thai script)
མཱ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒰𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨊𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *maHám.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑ́ːm/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑːm/

Pronoun

माम् • (mā́m)

accusative singular of अस्मद् (asmad)
Synonym: मा (mā) (enclitic)

Descendants

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁 (maṃ), 𑀫𑀫𑀁 (mamaṃ), 𑀫𑀳𑀁 (mahaṃ), 𑀫𑀫𑀺𑀁 f (mamiṃ)
Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀫 (mama), 𑀫𑀳𑀁 (mahaṃ)
Gandhari: 𐨨𐨅 (me)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁 (maṃ), 𑀫𑀫𑀁 (mamaṃ) (same for Jain Maharastri)
Pali: maṁ
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁 (maṃ)

References

Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 296-298