maa

Example Sentences

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Author-Critic Lewis Mumford is a hard maa to please.

From Time Magazine Archive

I embroidered my maa in her green sari and my baap on the bicycle that took him to the marketplace every morning.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

“Your maa is angry with me over the earrings and would never give me cloth for the quilt or money to buy thread.”

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

I was so lost in amusing Hari with the pictures on my quilt, I didn’t hear his maa come into the room.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

A moment later Hari’s maa stood beside me.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan