One's mother (often used as a familiar form of address).
〈印度，非正式〉阿妈（常用作亲切称呼）
Example sentencesExamples
Great respect is shown the father or abba, and mother, amma.
In his paper on the evolution of the Urdu novel, he made an important connection of story telling with the age old tradition of dadi ammas - the elderly women in the family who used to tell little children stories.
The last words I heard from her were ‘amma come and save me please don't let them take me away.’
She wept - the blow was stinging… she would have to ask amma to put something on it, later.
Like most people, one thing I miss often is my Ammas cooking.
We were literally sandwiched together to the extent that my amma's bangles were bent.
What I cant understand is my ammas obsession with her.
The word amma doesn't need any explanation in any land.
My amma prepared Chakka Varatti for me to carry along after my vacation.
The early desert fathers and mothers, abbas and ammas, found it as they went to the desert to be alone and pray.
Origin
Probably derived from a child's word, perhaps influenced by amah.