Mau

English: Mau

Gurmukhi: ਮਾਊ
Hindi: माऊ

Meaning: Mother

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Page 392, Line 10
ਛੋਡਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਬਾਪ ਨ ਮਾਊ ॥
छोडहि नाही बाप न माऊ ॥
Cẖẖodėh nāhī bāp na māū.
They do not spare even their fathers or mothers.
Guru Arjan Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok

Mehtari

English: Mehtari

Gurmukhi: ਮਹਤਾਰੀ
Hindi: महतारी 

Meaning: Mother/s

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Page 1004, Line 8
ਏਕ ਸੰਚੀ ਤਜਿ ਬਾਪ ਮਹਤਾਰੀ ॥
एक संची तजि बाप महतारी ॥
Ėk sancẖī ṯaj bāp mėhṯārī.
Some collect it, forsaking their fathers and mothers.
Guru Arjan Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok

Maia

English: Maia

Gurmukhi: ਮਾਇਆ
Hindi: माइआ

Meaning: Mothers

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Page 138, Line 19
ਕੁਲੁ ਉਧਾਰੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਧੰਨੁ ਜਣੇਦੀ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
कुलु उधारे आपणा धंनु जणेदी माइआ ॥
Kul uḏẖāre āpṇā ḏẖan jaṇeḏī māiā.
They save their families and ancestors; blessed are the mothers who gave birth to them.
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok

Maa

English: Maa

Gurmukhi: ਮਾ, ਮਾਂ
Hindi: मा, माँ

Meaning: Mother

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How Many Ways Can You Say 'Mother' in Punjabi?

Click on the Punjabi terms below to see the names in Gurmukh, find out their meaning, spiritual significance and pronunciation!  Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers in our present, past and our future.

1. Janan
2. Maa
3. Maat
4. Mai
5. Maia
6. Mata
7. Mau
8. Mehtari

Mai

English: Mai, Maee

Gurmukhi: ਮਾਈ
Hindi: माई

Meaning: Mother

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Page 7, Line 2
ਏਕਾ ਮਾਈ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਵਿਆਈ ਤਿਨਿ ਚੇਲੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
एका माई जुगति विआई तिनि चेले परवाणु ॥
Ėkā māī jugaṯ viāī ṯin cẖele parvāṇ.
The One Divine Mother conceived and gave birth to the three deities.
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok 

Mata

English: Mata

Gurmukhi: ਮਾਤਾ
Hindi: माता

Meaning: Mother

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Page 8, Line 10ਪਵਣੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਿਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਧਰਤਿ ਮਹਤੁ ॥ पवणु गुरू पाणी पिता माता धरति महतु ॥ Pavaṇ gurū pāṇī piṯā māṯā ḏẖaraṯ mahaṯ. Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all. Guru Angad Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/SalokPage 10, Line 11

Janan

English: Janan

Gurmukhi: ਜਨਨ
Hindi: जनन

Meaning: Mother, one who gives birth

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ਜਨਨਿ ਪਿਤਾ ਲੋਕ ਸੁਤ ਬਨਿਤਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਕਿਸ ਕੀ ਧਰਿਆ ॥
जननि पिता लोक सुत बनिता कोइ न किस की धरिआ ॥
Janan piṯā lok suṯ baniṯā koe na kis kī ḏẖariā.
Mothers, fathers, friends, children and spouses-no one is the support of anyone else.
Guru Arjan Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok

Maat

English: Maat, mat

Gurmukhi: ਮਾਤ
Hindi: मात

Meaning: Mother

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Page 77, Line 9
ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਭਾਈ ਸੁਤ ਬਨਿਤਾ ਤਿਨ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਸੰਜੋਇਆ ॥
मात पिता भाई सुत बनिता तिन भीतरि प्रभू संजोइआ ॥
Māṯ piṯā bẖāī suṯ baniṯā ṯin bẖīṯar parabẖū sanjoiā.
God placed you with your mother, father, brothers, sons and wife.
Guru Arjan Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok