মা

Assamese
মেকুৰী পোৱালিৰ সৈতে সিহঁতৰ মায়েক।
mekuri püalir xoite xihõtor mayek.
Kittens with their mother.

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
Conjugation forms of মা
Person Cases
nominative accusative dative terminative genitive locative
1st মোৰ (mür, “my”), আমাৰ (amar, “our”) মা
ma		 মাক
mak		 মালৈ
maloi		 মালৈকে
maloike		 মাৰ
mar		 মাত
mat
2nd very familiar;
inferior		 তোৰ (tür, “your”), তহঁতৰ (tohõtor, “your(pl)”) মাৰ
mar		 মাৰক
marok		 মাৰলৈ
maroloi		 মাৰলৈকে
maroloike		 মাৰৰ
maror		 মাৰত
marot
familiar তোমাৰ (tümar, “your”), তোমালোকৰ (tümalükor, “your(pl)”) মাৰা
mara		 মাৰাক
marak		 মাৰালৈ
maraloi		 মাৰালৈকে
maraloike		 মাৰাৰ
marar		 মাৰাত
marat
formal আপোনাৰ (apünar, “your”), আপোনালোকৰ (apünalükor, “your(pl)”) মাক
mak		 মাকক
makok		 মাকলৈ
makoloi		 মাকলৈকে
makoloike		 মাকৰ
makor		 মাকত
makot
3rd তাৰ (tar, “his”), তাইৰ (tair, “her”), সিহঁতৰ (xihõtor, “their”), তেওঁৰ (teü̃r, “his/her(frm)”) etc

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
  • IPA(key): /ma/, [ma]
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Noun

মা • (ma)

  1. mother, Mom
    তোর মা কোথায়?
    tor ma kothaẏ?
    Where's your mother?

Inflection
Inflection of মা
nominative মা
ma
objective মাকে
make
genitive মার
mar
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 *maH, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃ː/

Adverb

মা (mā)

  1. prohibitive particle: ne, not

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