amah (redirected from amahs)

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

Noun

(in the East, formerly) a nurse or maidservant [Portuguese ama]

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. amahأمَـةприслужницаslužebnáammedie eingeborene Dienerinama, criadanaisteenijaدایهpalvelijatarאָמָה, משַׁרֶתֵתदाईslužavkapembantu wanitaþjónustustúlkadonna di servizioあまtarnaitėkalpone (Austrumu zemēs)amahkindermeisjesłużka, niania !!!removed!!!criadaгорничнаяslúžkaslužavkaคนใช้ผู้หญิงhizmetçi kız(地中海以東國家的)女仆амаگھریلو آیاhầu gái(地中海以东国家的)女仆

2 a baby's nurse, especially a wet-nurse. amahمُرَبِّيَة أطْفَالдойкаkojnábarneplejerske; ammedie Ammeniñeraammپرستار؛ دایهimettäjäמְטָפֶּלֶתधाईdadiljapenjaga bayibarnfóstrabalia乳母žindyvėzīdītājapembantu rumahvroedvrouwmamka !!!removed!!!amaняняdojkadojiljaพี่เลี้ยงdadı保姆нянькаآیاvú em保姆