MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mamta mean?
Hindi mamtā especially expresses a mother’s tender affection. Its older Sanskrit formation comes from mama, mine. The original Sanskrit noun describes a sense of ownership or attachment.
Pronunciation
IAST: mamatā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ममता
Letter-by-letter: mamatā
Conventional spelling
Tamil
மம்தா
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mamta in Indian usage
23,569 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,155 |
| 1970s | 6,486 |
| 1980s | 11,239 |
| 1990s | 4,375 |
| Other decades | 314 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 21,552 |
| Sikkim | 548 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 326 |
| Goa | 307 |
| Meghalaya | 179 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 174 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 151 |
| Other states | 332 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: ममता ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: Mamata ↗ (opens in a new tab)
origin
- Monier-Williams, mamatā, p. 789,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.