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Alma vs Amma - What's the difference?

alma | amma |

As nouns the difference between alma and amma

is that alma is while amma is wife, woman or amma can be the letter m', ' m .

alma

English

Alternative forms

* almah

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
  • Anagrams

    * * ----

    amma

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • mother
  • Usage notes

    * Widely used in English-speaking expat communities.

    See also

    * amah

    Etymology 2

    (lena) amma, probably of interjectional or imitative origin: compare (etyl) ama, German Amme, nurse, Basque (ama) mother, (etyl), (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An abbess or spiritual mother.
  • (Webster 1913)