संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

अम्बा

माता, पिता, दुर्गा, पांडु की माता

mother, goddess durga, mother of pnndu

संस्कृत — हिन्दी

अम्बा — काशीनरेशस्य इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य ज्येष्ठा पुत्री।; "अम्बा धृतराष्ट्रस्य माता आसीत्।" (noun)

Monier–Williams

अम्बा — {ambā} f. (Ved. voc. {ámbe} {Vṣ.}or {amba} {ṛV.}, in later Sanskrit {amba} only, sometimes a mere interjection ĀśvŚr.), a mother, good woman (as a title of respect)##N. of a plant##N. of Durgā (the wife of Śiva)##N. of an Apsaras L##N. of a daughter of a king of Kāsi MBh##N. of one of the seven Kṛttikās TS. Kāṭh. TBr##a term in astrol. (to denote the fourth condition which results from the conjunction of planets?). In the South Indian languages, {ambā} is corrupted into {ammā}, and is often affixed to the names of goddesses, and females in general [Germ. {āmme}, a nurse ; Old Germ. {amma}, Them. {ammôn}, {ammū7n}],