mummy
/ˈmʌmi/noun
उच्चारण ममी
मम्मी, माँ
Basic word
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[C] British, informal
a child's word for mother
मम्मी, माँ
- Mummy, can I have an ice cream?
- My mummy reads me a story every night.
- Mummy, I'm very hungry, when is dinner ready?
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- My mummy tucked me in and switched off the light.
- The little girl hugged her mummy tightly.
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[C]
a body of a human or an animal that has been preserved by rubbing it with special oils and wrapping it in cloth, especially in ancient Egypt
ममी, (मसालों से सुरक्षित रखा गया) शव
- Egyptian mummies in the British Museum
- The mummy was found in a pyramid tomb.
- The museum has a mummy over three thousand years old.
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- Cloth wrappings covered the whole body of the mummy.
- Scientists studied the mummy with X-rays.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
mummy (child's word for mother)
Mummy is what small children, and some adults, call their mother. In British English it is the childish form of mum.
Mummy वह शब्द है जिससे छोटे बच्चे, और कुछ वयस्क, अपनी माँ को पुकारते हैं। ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में यह mum का बालसुलभ रूप है।
- Mummy, may I have a biscuit?
- The little girl ran to her mummy.
a mummy (preserved body)
A mummy is a dead body preserved with oils and wrapping, especially from ancient Egypt. It is a countable noun.
Mummy तेल और लपेटन से सुरक्षित रखा गया शव है, विशेषतः प्राचीन मिस्र का। यह countable noun है।
- The museum displays a mummy of a young queen.
- Archaeologists unwrapped a mummy.
mummy + noun
Compounds include mummy case, mummy's boy and mummy blogger. A mummy's boy is a man too dependent on his mother.
मिश्र शब्दों में mummy case, mummy's boy और mummy blogger आते हैं। Mummy's boy वह पुरुष है जो अपनी माँ पर अत्यधिक निर्भर हो।
- The mummy case was painted in gold.
- Don't be a mummy's boy at college.
mummy vs mum vs mother
Choose mummy for young children, mum for general family use, and mother for formal contexts.
छोटे बच्चों के लिए mummy, सामान्य पारिवारिक प्रयोग के लिए mum, और औपचारिक संदर्भ के लिए mother चुनें।
- A toddler says mummy, a teenager says mum, a form says mother.
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adjective + mummy
Egyptianancientwrappedpreservedfamous
- An ancient Egyptian mummy was shown in Delhi.
verb + mummy
unwrapdisplaystudydiscoverscan
- Scientists scanned the mummy without opening it.
child speech
Mummy and Daddymy mummyMummy saysMummy, look
- Mummy says we must brush our teeth.
mummy + noun
mummy casemummy tombmummy filmmummy's boy
- He sat watching a mummy film on a rainy evening.
museum words
exhibitgalleryglass caseartefact
- The mummy lay in a glass case in the main gallery.
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- The toddler cried until his mummy picked him up.
नन्हा बच्चा तब तक रोता रहा जब तक उसकी मम्मी ने उसे उठा नहीं लिया।
- The museum's most popular exhibit is the Egyptian mummy.
संग्रहालय की सबसे लोकप्रिय प्रदर्शनी मिस्र की mummy है।
- Radhika's cousin still calls his mother Mummy at the age of twenty.
राधिका का चचेरा भाई बीस वर्ष की उम्र में भी अपनी माँ को Mummy कहता है।
- Scientists use X-rays to study a mummy without damaging it.
वैज्ञानिक बिना नुकसान पहुँचाए mummy का अध्ययन करने के लिए X-ray का प्रयोग करते हैं।
- The film was about a mummy that came to life.
फ़िल्म एक ऐसी mummy के बारे में थी जो जीवित हो उठी।
- Visitors queued for an hour to see the mummy of the boy king.
दर्शक बाल राजा की mummy देखने के लिए एक घंटा क़तार में खड़े रहे।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The mummys were found in the tomb.
✓ The mummies were found in the tomb.
The plural of mummy is mummies, with y changed to i.
Mummy का बहुवचन mummies है, जिसमें y बदलकर i हो जाता है।
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
British and American: mummy is the British word a child uses for mother, while North American English uses mommy.
British and American में बच्चे माँ के लिए British English में mummy और North American English में mommy कहते हैं।