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Mama in Different Languages: Mother is known as “mama” in most languages around the world. Ma is a sound that is nearly universal among Indo-European languages. “Mama” refers to that loving woman who gave us the most precious love in our most vulnerable state. Languages of almost all cultures have recognizable forms of it. There is a difference between formal and informal “mother” in most languages, but every language uses the same intimate mama.
Mama in European Languages
Translation of word Mama in almost 42 European languages.
| Different Languages | Word Mama |
|---|---|
| Albanian | mama |
| Basque | mama |
| Belarusian | мама |
| Bosnian | mama |
| Bulgarian | мама |
| Catalan | mare |
| Corsican | mamma |
| Croatian | mama |
| Czech | mama |
| Danish | Mami |
| Dutch | mama |
| Estonian | ema |
| Finnish | mama |
| French | maman |
| Frisian | mama |
| Galician | mamá |
| German | Mutter |
| Greek | μαμά [mamá] |
| Hungarian | mama |
| Icelandic | Mamma |
| Irish | mama |
| Italian | mamma |
| Latvian | mama |
| Lithuanian | Mama |
| Luxembourgish | Mamm |
| Macedonian | мама |
| Maltese | mamă |
| Norwegian | mama |
| Polish | mama |
| Portuguese | Mamãe |
| Romanian | Mama |
| Russian | мама [Mama] |
| Scots Gaelic | mama |
| Serbian | мама [mama] |
| Slovak | mamička |
| Slovenian | mama |
| Spanish | mamá |
| Swedish | mamma |
| Tatar | әни |
| Ukrainian | мама [mama] |
| Welsh | Mama |
| Yiddish | מאַמאַ |
Mama in Asian Languages
Translation of word Mama in almost 36 Asian languages.
| Different Languages | Word Mama |
|---|---|
| Armenian | մայրիկ |
| Azerbaijani | mama |
| Bengali | মাগো |
| Chinese Simplified | 妈妈 [māmā] |
| Chinese Traditional | 媽媽 [māmā] |
| Georgian | mama |
| Gujarati | મામા |
| Hindi | मां |
| Hmong | niam |
| Japanese | ママ |
| Kannada | ಮಾಮಾ |
| Kazakh | ана |
| Khmer | ម្តាយ |
| Korean | 엄마 [eomma] |
| Kyrgyz | мама |
| Lao | mama |
| Malayalam | അമ്മ |
| Marathi | आई |
| Mongolian | ээж |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | mama |
| Nepali | आमा |
| Odia | ମାମା |
| Pashto | ماما |
| Punjabi | ਮਾਮਾ |
| Sindhi | ماما |
| Sinhala | අම්මා |
| Tajik | мамароза |
| Tamil | அம்மா |
| Telugu | మామా |
| Thai | แม่ |
| Turkish | anne |
| Turkmen | eje |
| Urdu | ماما |
| Uyghur | ماما |
| Uzbek | Mama |
| Vietnamese | má |
Mama in Middle East Languages
Translation of word Mama in 4 middle eastern languages.
| Different Languages | Word Mama |
|---|---|
| Arabic | ماما [mama] |
| Hebrew | אִמָא |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | mama |
| Persian | مامان |
Mama in African Languages
Translation of word Mama in almost 13 African languages.
| Different Languages | Word Mama |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | mamma |
| Amharic | ማማ |
| Chichewa | amayi |
| Hausa | mama |
| Igbo | amayi |
| Kinyarwanda | mama |
| Sesotho | ya mama |
| Shona | mama |
| Somali | mama |
| Swahili | mama |
| Xhosa | mama |
| Yoruba | mama |
| Zulu | mama |
Mama in Austronesian Languages
Translation of word Mama in almost 10 Austronesian languages.
| Different Languages | Word Mama |
|---|---|
| Cebuano | mama |
| Filipino | mama |
| Hawaiian | mama |
| Indonesian | mama |
| Javanese | mama |
| Malagasy | Mama |
| Malay | mama |
| Maori | mama |
| Samoan | tina |
| Sundanese | mama |
Mama in Other Foreign Languages
| Different Languages | Word Mama |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | mama |
| Haitian Creole | manman |
| Latin | mama |
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