Sunday, October 3, 2010

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.

Mother:

A mother is a woman who has conceived, given birth to, or raised a child.
Here we are presenting certain interesting facts about mothers:

Familiar or colloquial terms for mother in English are:
·    Mom and mommy are used in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Philippines, and the West Midlands of England.
·    Mum and mummy are used in the UK, Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.
·    Ma, mam, and mammy are used in Netherlands, Ireland, the Northern areas of the UK, and Wales; it is also used in some areas of the US.
·    Maa,aai, amma, and mata are used in India and sometimes in neighboring countries, originating from the Sanskrit matrika and mata

In many other languages, similar pronunciations apply:
·    mamá, ma, and mami in Spanish language
·    mama in Polish, German, Russian and Slovak
·    māma in Chinese and Japanese
·    máma in Czech and in Ukrainian
·    maman in French and Persian
·    ma, mama in Indonesian
·    mamma in Italian, Icelandic and Swedish
·    mamãe or mãe in Portuguese
·    mã in Punjabi
·    mama in Swahili
·    em in Hebrew
·    ima in Aramaic
·    má or mẹ in Vietnamese
·    mam in Welsh
·    eomma (pronounced [ʌmma]) in Korean
·    In many south Asian cultures and the Middle East, the mother is known as amma or oma or ammi or "ummi", or variations thereof. Many times, these terms denote affection or a maternal role in a child's life.

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