amah

a·mah also a·ma  (äm, ämä)

n.

A housemaid, especially a wet nurse, in India and the Far East.

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[Portuguese ama, nurse, from Medieval Latin amma, mother.]

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amah [ˈɑːmə ˈæmə]

n

(in the East, esp formerly) a nurse or maidservant, esp one of Chinese origin Compare ayah

[from Portuguese ama nurse, wet nurse]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	amah - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse nanny, nursemaid, nurse - a woman who is the custodian of children
	2.	amah - a female domestic                     housemaid, maid, maidservant chambermaid, fille de chambre - a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household handmaid, handmaiden - a personal maid or female attendant lady's maid - a maid who is a lady's personal attendant parlormaid, parlourmaid - a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door

Translations

amah

n amah [ˈaːmə]

1 in Eastern Countries, a native female servant. amah أمَـة прислужница služebná amme die eingeborene Dienerin ama, criada naisteenija دایه naispalvelija אָמָה, משַׁרֶתֵת दाई služavka pembantu wanita þjónustustúlka donna di servizio あま 하녀 tarnaitė kalpone (Austrumu zemēs) amah kindermeisje służka, niania !!!removed criada горничная slúžka služavka คนใช้ผู้หญิง hizmetçi kız ((印度或東亞國家的)女僕 ама گھریلو آیا hầu gái (地中海以东国家的)女仆

2 a baby's nurse, especially a wet-nurse. amah مُرَبِّيَة أطْفَال дойка kojná barneplejerske; amme die Amme niñera amm پرستار؛ دایه lastenhoitaja מְטָפֶּלֶת धाई dadilja penjaga bayi barnfóstra balia 乳母 유모 žindyvė zīdītāja pembantu rumah vroedvrouw mamka !!!removed ama няня dojka dojilja พี่เลี้ยง dadı 保姆 нянька آیا vú em 保姆