мома

/[moˈma]/

Bulgariannoun

Definitions

1.
female equivalent of мо́мък (mómǎk): young woman or girl, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, damsel
2.
female equivalent of мо́мък (mómǎk): unmarried woman
3.
virgin

Synonyms & related words

Word family

моме́я се
мому́вам
мома́р
моми́нство
мо́мица
моми́че
момле́
мо́мство
момя́га
мо́мин

Synonyms

девица
девственица

Related words (2)

момче́
мо́мкиня

Etymology

According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, of babbling origin similar to ма́ма (máma, “mom”), на́на (nána, “aunty, female relative”). No exact cognates outside of Balkan Slavic (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian), thus, possibly a neologism. Formally, may result from a reduplication of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, to ripen”) (whence perhaps Proto-Celtic *makʷos (“son”)).