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Amma vs Damma - What's the difference?

amma | damma |

As nouns the difference between amma and damma

is that amma is wife, woman or amma can be the letter m', ' m while damma is (linguistics) in arabic script, the vowel point for "u", appearing as a small curl placed above a letter immediately follows, it indicates a long /ū/.

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)

    damma

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (linguistics) In Arabic script, the vowel point for "u", appearing as a small curl placed above a letter immediately follows, it indicates a long /?/.
  • See also

    * (Arabic diacritics) * fatha * kasra * sukun * shadda * tashkil

    Anagrams

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