ممه

Persian

Etymology

An onomatopoeic baby-talk, common in Indo-European languages. Compare English mammal, Latin mamma, and Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

Noun

ممه • (mame)

(vulgar) boob, tit
(metonymically) breast milk

Synonyms

پستان (pestân) (more polite)
سینه (sine) (most polite)

Derived terms

اون مَمِه رو لولو برد (un mame ro lulu bord)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ممه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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