The corpus record — Sanskrit

mama

m (meist VokSg ’rıa) Onkel mütterlicherseits, Mutterbruder (Paficat +, s Schmidt

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 19 · 22.13/10k
Taittiriya Upanisad 4 · 7.54/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 30 · 6.4/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 33 · 4.36/10k
Aitareya Upanisad 2 · 4.13/10k
Prasna Upanisad 2 · 3.06/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. mäma-

mäma- m (meist VokSg ’rıa) Onkel mütterlicherseits, Mutterbruder (Paficat +, s Schmidt, Nachtr 2976), mämaka- m dss (Lex), mamma dem Mutterbruder gehörig (Yas) - Mi, (nu -Jdard. ni, pkt mäma-. märnava- m Mutterbruder, bg mamu dss , usw (Tu 10055 10057, TuAdd 10055) - Im Drav findet sich cine nahezu universelt bezeugtc Sippe von Verwandtschaftswörtern (ta muma, ma mäman, kan muva, 10] mänma Mutterbruder, usw ), … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. mäma-, p. 435]

2. مَمَ

mama gen. sg. of 1st pers. pron. in comp.

3. mām

mām acc. sg. of 3. ma, q.v.

4. māma

māma m. ( fr. mama lit. , ‘belonging to mine’) dear friend, uncle (only in voc. sg. as a term of affection among animals in fables), Pañcat. ( cf. tāta, mātula &c.)

In the wild

6 of 90 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. mam (vol. 3, scan p. 745; entry #11544).

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