for mother and Baba (“बाबा”) for father. In some parts of Maharashtra Amma ("अम्मा") for mother and Appa ("अप्पा") or Tatya ("तात्या") for father is also used. However, due to English borrowings, the words mummy and pappa are much more common today in urban areas. Nepali language has the words "ama" or "ma" to refer to mother and "baba" or "ba" for father. Odia uses bapa (ବାପା) for father and maa(ମା), bou (ବୋଉ) for mother. However, due to English borrowings, the words mamma/mommy and pappa are much more common today. Sinhalese, the word for mother originally was "abbe" ("abbiyande") and father was "appa " ("appanande"). Use of "amma" for mother and "nana" for father is due to heavy influence of Tamil. In some areas of Sri Lanka, particularly in the Central Province, Sinhalese use the word "nanachhi" for father. Urdu the words for mother are maa/mɑ̃ː ماں, madar مادر or walida والدہ formally and ammi امی, 'mama' مما informally, whereas father is baap باپ (not used as salutation), pedar''' پدر or 'walid' والد formally and baba بابا or abba ابّا or abbu ابّو informally. Other Indo-European languages Albanian nena/nëna / mama (Modern) Greek μάνα, μαμά (mana, mama) and μπαμπάς (babas) Hittite 𒀭𒈾𒀸 (annaš, "mother") and 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (attaš, "father") Pashto moor مور is the word for Mother. Plaar پلار is the word for Father and baba بابا is used for father as well. Persian madar مادر is the formal word for mother, whereas مامان or maman is the informal word for mother. Pedar پدر is the formal word for father whereas baba or بابا is the informal word for father. Kurdish dayê and yadê or dê is the word for mother. Lurish dā دا and dāleka دالکه is the word for mother, and is bowa or bawa is the word for father. Kartvelian languages Georgian is notable for having its similar words "backwards" compared to other languages: "father" in Georgian is მამა (mama), while "mother" is pronounced as დედა (deda). პაპა papa stands for "grandfather". Mayan languages Ch'ol: ñaTzotzil: me'Tzeltal: meNiger-Congo languages Igbo: Mama / Nne / NmaSwahili: Mama and BabaYoruba: Màmá / Ìyá and Bàbá Zulu: Mama and BabaSino-Tibetan languages Bodo, बिमा (bi-ma) and बिफा (bi-fa) are the words for "mother" and "father" respectively. However, parents are usually referred to by their children as आइ/आइयै (aai/aywi) or मा (ma) and आफा (afa) or बाबा (baba) — "Mom" and "Dad." Burmese,