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Damma vs Mamma - What's the difference?

damma | mamma |

As nouns the difference between damma and mamma

is that 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/ while mamma is mommy, mum, mummy.

damma

English

Alternative forms

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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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    mamma

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
  • (meteorology) an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera
    • Derived terms
    * mammal * mammalgia * mammaplasty * mammary * mammate * mammatroph * mammectomy * mammiform * mammilla * mammiplasia * mammitis * mammoplasia * mammogen * mammogenesis * mammogram * mammography * mammose * mammosomatotrope * mammosomatotroph * mammotomy * mammotroph * mammotropic * mammotrophic * mammotropin

    Etymology 2

    Alternative spelling of mama'' or ''momma .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • : mother .
  • * 1856 , (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    • The next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma . They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.
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