মা

Assamese

মেকুৰী পোৱালিৰ সৈতে সিহঁতৰ মায়েক।

mekuri püalir xoite xihõtor mayek.

Kittens with their mother.

Alternative forms

• মাই (mai), মাও (maü)

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

Alternative forms

মাঁ (mã) — Pronunciation spelling

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): /mã/, [ˈmãː], [ˈmãˑ], /ma/, [ˈmaː], [ˈmaˑ]

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

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• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /ma/, [ˈmaˑ], [ˈmaˑ]
• (Varendra) IPA^(key): /mã/, [ˈmãː], /ma/, [ˈmaː]

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

• ম (ma)

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^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 262