মা

Assamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese মাৱ (mawo), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀸 (māyā), from Sanskrit माता (mātā). Doublet of মাতৃ (matri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/, /maː/

Noun

মা • (ma)

  1. mother, mom
    Synonyms: আই (ai), আম্মা (amma)

Kinship declension

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀸 (māyā), from Sanskrit माता (mātā). Doublet of মাতা (mata), মাতৃ (matri), মাই (mai, breast), and মেয়ে (meẏe, girl).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ma/, [ˈmaː], [ˈmaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ma/, [ˈmaː], [ˈmaˑ]
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Noun

মা • (ma)

  1. mother, Mom
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:মা
    তোর মা কোথায়?
    tor ma kothaẏ?
    Where's your mother?
  2. (endearing) daughter, child

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative মা (ma)
objective মাকে (make)
genitive মার (mar)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মাটা, মাটি (maṭa (colloquial), maṭi (formal)) মারা (mara)
objective মাটাকে, মাটিকে (maṭake (colloquial), maṭike (formal)) মাদের(কে) (mader(ke))
genitive মাটার, মাটির (maṭar (colloquial), maṭir (formal)) মাদের (mader)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Old Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मा (mā́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máH, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁ (prohibitive particle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃ː/

Adverb

মা ()

  1. prohibitive particle: ne, not

Further reading

  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 262