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Not the mama (English/Georgian)

If you go to Georgia, you might be surprised to hear kids calling their dads mama. In Georgian, mama means father. Mother, on the other hand, is deda.

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David, Georgia 2010-12-23

Also, in Georgia some would call grandfather - Papa.

Bulgarain deda is rather Slavic, i suppose. Same in Russian - ded, dedushka, deda all mean grandfather.

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Elena 2009-02-20

That's funny. In Bulgarian, the word diado, which is the newer version of the archaic word deda, means grandfather or simply an older gentlemen.

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