maa

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

A moment later Hari’s maa stood beside me.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

I imagined myself returning to my village, to my maa and baap and my brothers.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

It was all I could do to keep from jumping from the train and running down the dusty, familiar road to my home and my maa and baap and my brothers.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

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