Related to Tamil அம்மா ("mother"), Hindi अम्मा, Malayalam അമ്മ, Kannada ಅಮ್ಮ ("mother") Telugu అమ్మ ("mother"), Sinhalese අම්මා ("mother"), or Classical Syriac ܐܡܐ ("mother").
Late Latin amma , probably of interjectional or imitative origin: compare Spanish ama, German Amme, Basque ama.
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