# mother/translations

This page contains translations for mother. See the main entry for more information.

## English
### Noun
#### Translations

Aari: ʔindi
Abkhaz: ан (an)
Acehnese: ma, mak
Adyghe: ны (nə)
Afar: ina
Afrikaans: (formal) moeder (af), (informal) ma (af)
Aghwan: 𐕎𐔴 (ne)
Ainu: ハポ (hapo)
Akan: ɛna
Akkadian: 𒂼 f (/⁠ummu⁠/)
Aklanon: ina
Albanian: nënë (sq), ija (sq), mëmë (sq) f
Aleut: anax, anax̂
Alviri-Vidari: ننه (nane) (Vidari)
American Sign Language: 5@Chin-ThumbBack Contact
Amharic: እናት (am) f (ʾənat)
Amis: ina
Andi: ила (ila)
Apache:
Chiricahua: -má
Western Apache: bimaa, bąą
Arabic: أُمّ (ar) f (ʔumm), وَالِدَة (ar) f (wālida), مَامَا f (māmā) (familiar or childish)
Gulf Arabic: أُمّ f (umm)
Aragonese: mai (an) f
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܸܡܵܐ f (yimma), ܝܵܠܘܿܕܬܵܐ f (yalodta)
Classical Syriac: ܐܡܐ f (ʾemmā), ܝܠܘܕܬܐ f (yālōḏtā)
Jewish Aramaic: אִמָּא f (ʾimmā)
Araona: kwala, wadi, waepei, mama
Armenian: մայր (hy) (mayr), (informal) մամա (hy) (mama)
Aromanian: mamã f, mumã f
Asilulu: ina
Assamese: মা (ma), আই (ai)
Asturian: madre (ast) f, ma (ast) f
Avar: эбел (ebel), баба (baba) (colloquial), буба (buba)
Avestan: 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬍 f (bar$^ə$θrī), 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)
Aymara: mama (ay)
Azerbaijani: ana (az) validə
Bakhtiari: دا (dâ)
Balinese: ina, biyang
Baluchi: مات (mát), ماس (más)
Bashkir: әсәй (əsəy), әсә (əsə)
Basque: ama (eu)
Belarusian: ма́ці f (máci), ма́тка f (mátka)
Bemba: mayo
Bengali: আম্মা (bn) (amma), আম্মু (ammu), মাতা (bn) (mata), মা (bn) (ma)
Bhojpuri: माई (māī)
Biak: ina
Bikol Central: ina (bcl)
Bima: ina
Blackfoot: iksísst
Bodo: आइ (ai) (1st person), बिमा (bima) (3rd person)
Borôro: tʃe
Breton: mamm (br) f
Brunei Malay: babu, mama
Budukh: диде (dide)
Buginese: ᨕᨗᨊ (ina)
Bulgarian: ма́йка (bg) f (májka)
Burmese: အမေ (my) (a.me), အမိ (my) (a.mi.), (formal) မိခင် (my) (mi.hkang), မေမေ (my) (meme)
Buryat: эхэ (exe)
Carpathian Rusyn: ма́ти f (máty), ма́терь f (máterʹ), ма́ма f (máma)
Casiguran Dumagat Agta: ína
Catalan: mare (ca) f
Cebuano: inahan
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⵎⴰ (mma)
Central Bontoc: ína
Central Dusun: tina
Central Sierra Miwok: ˀytá·-
Chechen: нана (nana)
Cherokee: ᎤᏂᏥ (unitsi)
Chichewa: mayi
Chickasaw: ishk'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 母親 / 母亲 (mou$^5$ can$^1$), 母 (yue) (mou$^5$), 阿媽 / 阿妈, 媽媽 / 妈妈
Dungan: ма (ma), мучин (mučin), мама (mama), нён (ni͡on), чиннён (činni͡on)
Eastern Min: 依媽 / 依妈 (ĭ-mă), 依奶 (ĭ-nā̤), 娘嬭 / 娘奶 (nòng-nā̤)
Gan: 姆媽 / 姆妈 (m$^1$ ma)
Hakka: 母親 / 母亲 (mû-chhîn), 娘親 / 娘亲 (ngiòng-chhîn), 阿姆 (â-mê)
Hokkien: 娘 (zh-min-nan) (niâ), 娘親 / 娘亲 (niû-chhin), 母親 / 母亲 (bó-chhin, bú-chhin), 阿姆 (zh-min-nan) (a-ḿ)
Mandarin: 母親 / 母亲 (zh) (mǔqīn), 母 (zh) (mǔ), 媽媽 / 妈妈 (zh) (māma), 娘 (zh) (niáng) (colloquial), 媽 / 妈 (zh) (mā)
Wu: 姆媽 / 姆妈, 媽媽 / 妈妈
Xiang: 姆媽 / 姆妈 (m$^1$ ma$^1$)
Chinook Jargon: mama, naha
Chukchi: ытԓя (ətla), ытԓьа (ətlʔa)
Chuukese: in
Chuvash: анне (anne)
Coastal Kadazan: ina
Comanche: pia
Coptic:
Bohairic: ⲙⲁⲩ f (mau)
Sahidic: ⲙⲁⲁⲩ f (maau)
Cornish: mamm f, dama f
Corsican: mamma (co) f
Crimean Tatar: ana
Cuyunon: ina
Czech: matka (cs) f
Dakota: iná
Dalmatian: nina f
Danish: moder (da), mor (da) c
Dargwa: неш (neš)
Dhivehi: މަނމަ (manma)
Dongxiang: ekie
Dutch: moeder (nl) f
Dzongkha: ཨའི (a'i)
Eastern Arrernte: meye
Eastern Mnong: may
Egyptian: (mwt f)
Elfdalian: muna f, mųor f
Erzya: ава (ava)
Eshtehardi: ننیه (naniya)
Esperanto: patrino (eo)
Estonian: ema (et)
Etruscan: 𐌀𐌕𐌉 (ati)
Even: энин (əņin)
Evenki: энин (əņin)
Extremaduran: mairi
Faliscan: mate
Faroese: móðir (fo) f, mamma (fo) f
Fataluku: nalu
Fijian: tina (fj)
Finnish: äiti (fi)
French: mère (fr) f, maman (fr) f
Friulian: mari
Gagauz: ana, mamu
Galician: nai (gl) f, mai (gl) f, madre (gl) f
Georgian: დედა (ka) (deda)
German: Mutter (de) f, Mutti (de) f, Mama (de) f
Alemannic German: Mueter f
Bavarian: muadda
Gilaki: مر (mar)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 f (aiþei)
Greek: μητέρα (el) f (mitéra), (colloquial) μάνα (el) f (mána)
Ancient: μήτηρ f (mḗtēr)
Greenlandic: anaana
Guaraní: sy (gn)
Gujarati: મા f (mā)
Gunwinggu: karrang
Hamer-Banna: indá
Hausa: uwa (ha), inna
Hawaiian: makuahine
Hebrew: אֵם (he) f (em)
Hindi: माता (hi) f (mātā), मां f (mā̃), मादर (hi) f (mādar), वालिदा (hi) f (vālidā)
Hittite: 𒀭𒈾𒀸
Hungarian: anya (hu)
Iban: indai, ina
Icelandic: mamma (is) f, móðir (is) f
Ido: matro (io)
Ifè: ínà
Igbo: nne (ig)
Indonesian: ibu (id), bunda (id)
Ingrian: emä, emo
Ingush: нана (nana)
Interlingua: matre (ia)
Inuktitut: ᐊᓈᓇ (anaana)
Inupiaq: aana, aaka
Iranun: ina'
Irish: máthair (ga) f
Old Irish: máthir
Isnag: ina
Isoko: oni
Istriot: mare f
Istro-Romanian: måie f
Italian: madre (it) f
Itawit: ina
Ivatan: ina
Japanese: お母さん (ja) (おかあさん, okāsan), 母 (ja) (はは, haha) (humble), ママ (ja) (mama), お袋 (ja) (おふくろ, o-fukuro) (colloquial, one's mother)
Jarai: amĭ
Jarawa: kaja
Javanese: ibu (jv)
Jeju: 어멍 (eomeong)
K'iche': chuch
Kaki Ae: naora
Kalmyk: эк (ek)
Kambera: ina
Kamta: (Koch Rajbangsi) মাও (maó)
Kanakanabu: cina
Kankanaey: iná
Kannada: ತಾಯಿ (kn) (tāyi)
Kapampangan: ima, indu
Karachay-Balkar: ана (ana)
Karao: ina
Karelian: emä
Karo: inda
Karok: táat, ihkuus (deceased)
Kashmiri: موج (mōj), مٲج (mạ̄j)
Kashubian: mëma f, mac (csb)
Kazakh: ана (ana)
Khasi: kmie
Khiamniungan Naga: nyù
Khmer: ម្ដាយ (km) (mdaay), ម៉ែ (km) (mae), ម៉ាក់ (km) (mak) (colloquial)
Khoekhoe: ǁgûs
Komi-Permyak: мам (mam)
Komi-Zyrian: мам (mam), ань (ań)
Komodo: ina
Korean: 엄마 (ko) (eomma), 어머니 (ko) (eomeoni), (honorific) 어머님 (ko) (eomeonim), 에미 (ko) (emi) (humble), 어미 (ko) (eomi), 모친(母親) (ko) (mochin) (formal)
Kriol: motha
Kulon-Pazeh: ina
Kumyk: ана (ana)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دایک (ckb) (dayk)
Northern Kurdish: dayik (ku) f, dê (ku) f
Kwak'wala: a̱bas
Kyrgyz: эне (ky) (ene)
Lak: нину (ninu)
Lakota: iná
Lao: ແມ່ (lo) (mǣ)
Latgalian: muote
Latin: māter (la) f, genetrix f
Latvian: māte (lv) f
Laz: დიდა (dida)
Leti (Indonesia): ina
Lezgi: диде (dide)
Ligurian: moæ f
Limos Kalinga: ina
Lithuanian: motė f, motina (lt) f
Livonian: jemā, ǟma
Lombard: mamma f, mader (lmo)
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: moder (nds)
German Low German: Moder (nds) f
Lü: ᦶᦙᧈ (mae¹)
Luganda: maama
Luhya: mai
Luo: mama
Lushootseed: sk'ʷuy
Luxembourgish: Mamm (lb) f
Macedonian: ма́јка (mk) f (májka)
Maguindanao: ina
Makasae: ina
Makasar: ina
Malagasy: reny (mg)
Malay: ibu (ms), emak (ms)
Malayalam: അമ്മ (ml) (amma), മാതാവ് (ml) (mātāvŭ), (Animals) തള്ള (ml) (taḷḷa)
Maltese: omm, mamà, ma
Manchu: ᡝᠮᡝ (eme), ᡝᠨᡳᠶᡝ (eniye), ᠠᠵᠠ (aja), ᠨᠠᡳᠨᠠᡳ (nainai)
Mandinka: naa
Mansaka: ina
Manx: moir
Maori: matua wahine (mi), ewe, whaea, whaene, kowhaea, kōkara (birth mother), ūkaipō (poetical)
Maranao: ina', misina
Marathi: आई (mr) f (āī), माता f (mātā)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ава (ava)
Maricopa: n'ay
Mayoyao Ifugao: iná
Mazanderani: مار (mâr)
Mbyá Guaraní: xy
Mentawai: ina
Meru: mama
Middle Korean: 어〮미〮 (émí)
Minangkabau: mande (min)
Mingrelian: დიდა (dida)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Miyako: アンナ (anna)
Moksha: тядя (tädä)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: эх (mn) (ex), ээж (mn) (eež)
Mongolian: ᠡᠬᠡ (eke), ᠡᠵᠢ (eǰi)
Motu: ina
Muong: mễ
Mwali Comorian: mama
Mwani: mama
Nahuatl: nantli (nah)
Nanai: энин (enin)
Nauna: ina
Navajo: amá
Nepali: आमा (ne) f (āmā)
Ngadha: ina
Ngazidja Comorian: nya
Nheengatu: manha
Nias: ina (nia)
Nivkh: ымк (əmk), ымык (əmək), ымка (əmka), ымыка (əməka)
Norman: méthe f
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum, Bökingharde: mam f
Halligen, Goesharde, Karrharde: mäm c
Heligoland: Mem c
Sylt: Mooter c
Northern Mansi: ся̄нь (sâ̄nʹ)
Northern Ohlone: ká̄na 'ek'án̄an
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mor (no) m or f, mamma (no) m, moder m
Nynorsk: mor (no) f
O'odham: je'e
Occitan: mair (oc) f, maire (oc) f
Odia: ମା (or) (mā)
Ojibwe: (my mother) nimaamaa, ninga
Okinawan: あんまー (anmā)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: мати f (mati)
Glagolitic: ⰿⰰⱅⰻ f (mati)
Old East Slavic: мати f (mati)
Old English: mōdor f
Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /⁠mātā⁠/)
Old Tupi: sy
Oromo: haadha
Ossetian: мад (mad), мадӕ (madæ) (Digor)
Ottoman Turkish: مادر (mâder), ام (ümm), والده (vâlide)
Pacoh: a-i, icán
Paiwan: ina (vocative)
Pangasinan: iná
Pannonian Rusyn: мац f (mac)
Pashto: مور (ps) f (mor), اتکو (ps) f (atko), اتکړه f (atkaṛa)
Paulohi: ina
Pennsylvania German: Mudder f, Mammi f
Persian:
Dari: مَادَر (mādar), وَالِدَه (wālida), نَنَه (nana), آبَه (āba) (Hazaragi)
Iranian Persian: مادَر (mâdar), مامان (fa) (mâmân), والِدِه (vâlede)
Phrygian: μητερε (mētere)
Pirahã: baíxi
Pitjantjatjara: ngunytju
Plautdietsch: Mutta (nds) f
Polabian: motai f
Polish: matka (pl) f, mama (pl) f, mać (pl) f (archaic), mamusia (pl), matula (pl), matuchna (pl), mateczka (pl), mamuśka (pl), matuś (pl), matuśka
Portuguese: mãe (pt) f
Punjabi: ਮਾਂ f (mā̃), ਮਾਤਾ f (mātā)
Q'eqchi: naʼ
Quechua: mama (qu)
Rabha: আয়া (aya)
Rade: amĭ
Romani: daj f
Welsh Romani: daj f
Romanian: mamă (ro) f, maică (ro) f
Romansch: mamma f, mumma f, mama f, moma f
Russian: мать (ru) f (matʹ), ма́ма (ru) f (máma) (colloquial), ма́тушка (ru) f (mátuška), (derogatory) мама́ша (ru) f (mamáša)
Sabu: ina
Saisiyat: ina
Salar: ama, ica
Sami:
Inari: enni
Kildin: е̄ннҍ (jienn’)
Lule: ieddne
Northern: eadni
Skolt: jeäˊnn
Southern: tjidtjie
Samoan: tinā
Sanskrit: अम्बा (sa) f (ambā) मातर f (mātara), (derogatory) अक्का (sa) f (akkā)
Santali: ᱮᱝᱜᱚ (eṅgô)
Sardinian: mama f, mamma f, immamma f
Sasak: ina
Saterland Frisian: Muur
Scots: mither, moder
Scottish Gaelic: màthair (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ма̏ти f, ма̑јка f, родитѐљица f
Roman: mȁti (sh) f, mȃjka (sh) f, roditèljica (sh) f
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Sherpa: འ་མ ('a ma)
Shor: иче (içe), эне (ene)
Sicilian: matri (scn) f
Sidamo: ama
Sika: ina
Silesian: matka f
Simeulue: ina
Sindhi: ماء (māʾu), اما (āmā)
Sinhalese: අම්මා (si) (ammā)
Slovak: matka (sk) f
Slovene: mati (sl) f
Somali: hooyo (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: maś f, maśeŕ f, maśerka f, mama f, maminka f
Upper Sorbian: mać (hsb) f
Sotho: mme (st)
Southern Altai: эне (ene)
Spanish: madre (es) f
Sranan Tongo: m'ma
Sundanese: biang, indung
Svan: დედე (dede)
Swahili: mzazi (sw), mama (sw)
Swedish: mor (sv) c, moder (sv) c, mamma (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠝꠣ (ma)
Tabasaran: дада (dada)
Tagalog: ina (tl)
Tahitian: metua vahine
Tajik: модар (tg) (modar), волида (volida)
Talysh: moa, ننه (nana) (Asalem dialect)
Tamil: அம்மா (ta) (ammā), தாய் (ta) (tāy), அன்னை (ta) (aṉṉai), யாய் (ta) (yāy)
Tarantino: mamme f
Tarifit: yemma f
Tat: may, dədə
Tatar: ана (tt) (ana), әни (tt) (äni)
Tausug: ina
Tày: me̱, ằm
Telugu: తల్లి (te) (talli), అమ్మ (te) f (amma)
Ternate: yaya
Tetum: inan
Thai: แม่ (th) (mɛ̂ɛ), มารดา (th) (maan-daa)
Thao: ina
Tibetan: ཨ་མ (a ma), ཨ་མ་ལགས (a ma lags) (honorific)
Tigrinya: ኣደ (ʾadä)
Toba Batak: ina
Tocharian A: mācar
Tocharian B: mācer
Tok Pisin: mama, mami
Tongan: fa'ē
Tswana: mme
Tupinambá: sy, si
Turkish: anne (tr), ana (tr)
Turkmen: eje
Cyrillic: еҗе
Tuvan: ава (ava), авам (avam), авай (avay), ийе (iye)
Udi: нана (nana)
Udmurt: анай (anaj)
Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎎 (ủm)
Ukrainian: ма́ти (uk) f (máty), ма́ма (uk) f (máma), ма́тір f (mátir), не́ня (uk) (nénja), мату́ся f (matúsja), ма́мця f (mámcja)
Urdu: ماتا f (mātā), ماں f (mā̃), مادَر (ur) f (mādar), والِدَہ (ur) f (vālida)
Uyghur: ئانا (ug) (ana), ئاپا (ug) (apa)
Uzbek: ona (uz), volida (uz) (dated)
Cyrillic: она (uz) (ona)
Venetan: mare (vec) f
Veps: mam
Vietnamese: mẹ (vi), má (vi), mạ (vi), mệ (vi), mợ (vi), bầm (vi), u (vi), nạ (vi), đẻ (vi), cái (vi)
Volapük: mot (vo)
Walloon: mere (wa) f
Welsh: mam (cy) f
West Frisian: mem (fy) f
Wiradjuri: gunhi
Woiwurrung: baba
Wolaytta: 7aayyíya
Wolio: ina
Wolof: ndey, yaay (wo)
Xhosa: unyoko, unina
Yagara: budang
Yakut: ийэ (iye)
Yámana: tapi
Yankunytjatjara: ngunytju
Yiddish: מוטער f (muter), מאַמע f (mame)
Yoruba: ìyá, abiyamọ, iye, yèyé, màmá, mọ́mì
Yucatec Maya: na'
Yup'ik: aana
Zande: na
Zazaki: ma (diq)
Zealandic: moeder f, moer f
Zhuang: ma, maj, meh, mih, caq
Zulu: (my) umama (zu) class 1a/2a, (your) unyoko class 1a/2a, (his/her) unina class 1a/2a
ǃXóõ: qáe :
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