how to pronounce мамаша

/mɐˈmaʂə/

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мамаша is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of мамаша in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… правильная мамаша яда ребенка забирала …”

meanings of мамаша

noun:

Mother, mamma, mummy.
Familiar term of address for an (elderly) woman.

мамаша frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word мамаша occurs in russian on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.