mother meaning in Tamil
தாய் tāy
/ˈmʌð.ə//ˈmʌðɚ/
mother in Tamil: தாய் (tāy), அம்மா (ammā), அன்னை (aṉṉai), யாய் (yāy). In English, mother means a female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, fostered, etc).
Tamil words for mother
- female parent of an animal
- தாய் tāy
- female (human) who gives birth to or parents a child
- அம்மா ammā, தாய் tāy, அன்னை aṉṉai, யாய் yāy, ஆய் āy
- any elderly woman
- அம்மா ammā
- any person or entity which performs mothering
- தாய் tāy
English meaning of mother
- noun A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, fostered, etc).
- noun A pregnant female; mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.
- noun A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
- noun A female ancestor.
mother in a sentence
- I am visiting my mother any moment.
- The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
- My sister-in-law has just become a mother for the first time.
Synonyms of mother
mother in other languages
- mother in Hindi
- mother in Marathi
- mother in Urdu
- mother in Bengali
- mother in Telugu
- mother in Malayalam
- mother in Kannada
- mother in Punjabi
- mother in Gujarati
- mother in Odia
- mother in Sanskrit
- mother in Sinhala
- mother in Assamese
- mother in Nepali
- mother in Pashto
- mother in Tagalog
- mother in Arabic
- mother in Malay
- mother in Indonesian
- mother in Persian
- mother in Thai
- mother in Vietnamese
- mother in Myanmar
Questions about mother in Tamil
- What is the meaning of mother in Tamil?
- Mother in Tamil is தாய் (tāy), அம்மா (ammā), அன்னை (aṉṉai), யாய் (yāy).
- mother என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Mother: தாய் (tāy), அம்மா (ammā), அன்னை (aṉṉai), யாய் (yāy).
- What does mother mean in English?
- Mother means a female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, fostered, etc).
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mother (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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