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

When Hari began coughing, his maa began to cry.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

There were days when my maa took only a bit of rice for herself so that the rest of us—my baap, my brothers, and I—might have more.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

I told myself I should see if the rupees would buy a railway or bus ticket back to my maa and baap.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan