From baby talk.
| singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَامَا māmā | الْمَامَا al-māmā | مَامَا māmā |
| nominative | مَامَا māmā | الْمَامَا al-māmā | مَامَا māmā |
| accusative | مَامَا māmā | الْمَامَا al-māmā | مَامَا māmā |
| genitive | مَامَا māmā | الْمَامَا al-māmā | مَامَا māmā |
Borrowed fromUrduمَامَا(māmā), ultimatelyDerived fromProto-Dravidian*māma.
ماما• (mámá)
Inherited fromProto-Dravidian*māma.
مَامَا (māmā)
From baby talk.
Borrowed fromUrduمَامَا(māmā), ultimately fromProto-Dravidian*māma.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ماما(mâmâ) | ماماګان(mâmâgān) |
| oblique | ماما(mâmâ) | ماماګانو(mâmâgāno) |
| vocative | ماما(mâmâ) | ماماګانو(mâmâgāno) |
AnIndo-Aryan borrowing, ultimately fromSanskritमाम(māma), itself fromProto-Dravidian*māma. Akin toPashto,Baluchi, andUrduماما(māmā),Hindiमामा(māmā).
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Dari reading? | māmā(y) |
ماما• (māmā) (pluralماماها(māmā-hā))
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | ماما، مامای△(māmā́, māmā́y△) | ماماها، مامایا△(māmā-hā́, māmāy-yā́△) |
| definitive direct object | مامارا، مامای‌ره△(māmā́ rā, māmā́y ra△) | ماماها را، مامایاره△(māmā-hā́ rā, māmāy-yā́ ra△) |
| izāfa | مامای(māmā́-yi) | ماماهای، مامایای△(māmā-hā́-yi, māmāy-yā́-yi△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite | مامایی(māmā́-yē) | ماماهایی، مامایایی△(māmā-hā́-yē, māmāy-yā́-yē△) |
△ Colloquial Dari.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular (“my”) | مامایم(māmā́yam) | ماماهایم، مامایام△(māmā-hā́yam, māmāy-yā́-am△) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) | مامایت(māmā́yat) | ماماهایت، مامایات△(māmā-hā́yat, māmāy-yā́t△) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) | مامایش، مامایْشِی△(māmā́yaš, māmā́yšī△) | ماماهایش، مامایاش△(māmā-hā́yaš, māmāy-yā́š△) |
| 1st person plural (“our”) | مامایمان، مامایما△(māmā́yimān) | ماماهایمان، مامایامان△(māmā-hā́yimān, māmāy-yā́mān△) |
| 2nd person plural (“your”) | مامایتان(māmā́yitān) | ماماهایتان، مامایاتان△(māmā-hā́yitān, māmāy-yā́tān△) |
| 3rd person plural (“their”) | مامایشان(māmā́yišān) | ماماهایشان، مامایاشان△(māmā-hā́yišān, māmāy-yā́šān△) |
△ Colloquial.
| Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms واژگانلهجه‌هایفارسیدریبرایخویشاونداننسبی wāžagān-i lahja-hā-yi fārsī-yi darī barā-yi xēšāwandān-i nasabī | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family member | Standard Dari | Kabuli dialect | Hazaragi dialect | Herati dialect | Qandahari dialect |
| mother | مادر(mādar) | ننه(nana) | آبه(āba) | ننه(nana) | آیه(āya) |
| grandmother | مادرکلان(mādar-kalān) | بی‌بی(bī-bī) | آجه(āja) بی‌بی(bī-bī) | بی‌بی(bī-bī) | آنه(āna) |
| father | پدر(padar) | بابا(bābā) | آته(āta) | پیر(piyar) بابا(bābā) | |
| grandfather | پدرکلان(padar-kalān) | باباجی(bābājī) آغا(āġā) | بابا(bābā) | بابو(bābū) | |
| sister | خواهر(xāhar) | خوار(xwār, xār) | |||
| oldersister | خواهرکلان(xāhar-kalān) | آغا(āġā) باجی(bājī) | دده(dada) | ||
| brother | برادر(barādar) | بیادر(biyādar) | برار(birār) | ||
| olderbrother | برادرکلان(barādar-kalān) | لالا(lālā) | |||
| maternalaunt (mother'ssister) | خاله(xāla) | ||||
| maternaluncle (mother'sbrother) | ماما(māmā) | ماما(māmā) تغایی(taġāyī) | ماما(māmā) | ||
| paternalaunt (father'ssister) | عمه(amma) | ||||
| paternaluncle (father'sbrother) | کاکا(kākā) | ||||
ماما• (mâmâ)
From baby talk.
Inherited fromSanskritमाम(māma), fromProto-Dravidian*māma.
ماما• (māmā) m (female equivalentمامی(māmī)orمُمانی(mumānī))
ماما(māmā) is considered colloquial, perhaps even impolite. It is often used by Urdu-speaking Hindus, although the term might be associated with Hindi due to it being highly colloquial.مامُوں(māmū̃) is more commonly used in Urdu.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ماما(māmā) | مامے(māme) |
| oblique | مامے(māme) | ماموں(māmõ) |
| vocative | مامے(māme) | مامو(māmo) |
Fromماں(mā̃), fromSauraseni Prakrit𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀸(mādā), fromSanskritमातृ(mātṛ,“mother”), fromProto-Indo-Iranian*máHtā, fromProto-Indo-European*méh₂tēr.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ماما(māmā) | مامائیں(māmāẽ) |
| oblique | ماما(māmā) | ماماؤں(māmāõ) |
| vocative | ماما(māmā) | ماماؤ(māmāo) |
Borrowed fromPashtoماما(māmā), ultimatelyDerived fromProto-Dravidian*māma.
ماما (māmā)