Amma has several meanings:

Girls who are born on a Saturday from Ghana in West Africa are named Amma (sometimes spelt Ama); the name does not mean Saturday but means ‘Saturday born’. This naming tradition has been in existence for hundreds years maybe even longer. As you might expect thousands of people in Ghana are called Amma as a result.

• Amma means mother in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Sinhalese, Bengali, Malayalam, Korean, and some Sino-Tibetan languages
  • It is also used to address elderly women as a sign of respect.
  • Several people are popularly known as Amma:
    • Mata Amritanandamayi (born 1953), an Indian spiritual leader
    • Mathrusri Anasuya Devi (1923–1985), an Indian spiritual leader, known as Amma, Jillellamudi
    • Jayalalithaa Jayaram (born 1948), a Tamil Nadu politician
• Amma means grandmother in the Icelandic language

Amma may also refer to: Faces of mother and child; detail of sculpture at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Female mallard duck and ducklings. ... Tamil ( ; IPA ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. ... Bengali or Bangla (IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit languages. ... Malayalam ( ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... The Sino-Tibetan languages form a putative language family composed of Chinese and the Tibeto-Burman languages, including some 250 languages of East Asia. ... Mātā Amritanandamayī Devi (Devanagiri: माता अमृतानन्‍दमयी, Malayalam: മാതാ അമൃതാനന്ദമയി; born September 27, 1953) is an Indian spiritual leader revered as a saint by her followers, who also know her as Amma, Ammachi or Mother. She is a widely respected humanitarian and called by some the hugging saint.[1] // Amritanandamayi was born Sudhamani in... J. Jayalalithaa (Jayalalithaa Jayaram), (born February 24, 1948, Mysore is a former Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. ... Icelandic (íslenska) is a North Germanic language spoken in Iceland. ...

• Amma, the supreme creator according to the Dogon people of Mali (see also Fonio)
• Amma, the ancestress of the thralls or serfs in Norse mythology (see Ríg)
• Association of Malayalam Movie Artists
• Alliance of Madras MGOCSM Alumni
• Amma, An ancient Chinese phrase for "push-pull" usually referring to massage or Asian Bodywork Therapy.

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