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1. (n.) amah
(in the Far East) a female servant, esp. a nursemaid.
Etymology: (1830–40; < Pg ama wet nurse < ML amma)
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1. (noun) wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse, amah
a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
2. (noun) maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah
a female domestic
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Sense: in Eastern Countries, a native female servant.
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 Afrikaans: amah |
 Arabic: أمَـة |
 Bulgarian: прислужница |
 Brazilian: criada |
 Czech: služebná |
 German: die eingeborene Dienerin |
 Danish: amme |
 Spanish: ama, criada |
 Estonian: naisteenija |
 Farsi: دایه |
 Finnish: naispalvelija |
 Hebrew: אָמָה, משַׁרֶתֵת |
 Hindi: दाई |
 Croatian: služavka |
 Indonesian: pembantu wanita |
 Icelandic: þjónustustúlka |
 Italian: donna di servizio |
 Japanese: あま |
 Korean: 하녀 |
 Lithuanian: tarnaitė |
 Latvian: kalpone (Austrumu zemēs) |
 Malay: amah |
 Dutch: kindermeisje |
 Polish: służka, niania !!!removed |
 Persian: دایه |
 Pashto: دایه |
 Portuguese: criada |
 Russian: горничная |
 Slovak: slúžka |
 Serbian: služavka |
 Thai: คนใช้ผู้หญิง |
 Turkish: hizmetçi kız |
 Taiwanese: (印度或東亞國家的)女僕 |
 Ukrainian: ама |
 Urdu: گھریلو آیا |
 Vietnamese: hầu gái |
 Chinese: （地中海以东国家的）女仆 |
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