ammi
- noun
- Indian
- When I was feeling unwell, my ammi made me soup and stayed by my side.
And she said, you know, I long for I long for hearing him call me Ammi.
- And she said, you know, I long for I long for hearing him call me Ammi.
Examples
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I always call my ammi for advice when I'm facing tough decisions.
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Yes, yes, it's fine, ammi.
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At the festival, everyone welcomed their ammi with flowers and warm hugs.
Synonyms
A woman who has a child and cares for them
A child's word for their mother
A child's word for mom
A friendly informal name people use for their mother
A woman who gave you birth or cared for you
A child's word for their mother
A woman who cares for a child and helps them grow
A woman who is a mother or cares for children
An informal name for a mother used in some English-speaking areas
An informal word people use for mother
A polite, affectionate word for mother used in parts of the UK and Ireland
A warm, informal word for a mother in Spanish-speaking families
A word children use for their mother
Respectful or loving word for mother used in South Asian families
A loving word for mother used in Wales
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ammi as a family word comes from Arabic and Persian words for 'mother', like umm, and is used in Urdu and Hindi as a warm way to say 'mother', which is why families call their mums ammi.