'''Ona''' [[bola]]ni tuqqan, ulgʻaytirgan va/yoki bola oʻstirish uchun lozim [[tuxumdon]] ajratgan ayoldir[[ayol]]dir.<ref>{{cite web|title=definition of mother from Oxford Dictionaries Online|url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mother?rskey=YplwRN&result=1|work=Oxford Dictionaries|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=mother n. & v.|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com.ezproxy.education.tas.gov.au/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t21.e19987|work=The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Define Mother at Dictionary.com|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mother|publisher=Dictionary.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allwords.com/word-mother.html |title=Definition from |publisher=Allwords.com |date=2007-04-04 |accessdate=2011-10-27}}</ref> Onaning [[jamiyat|ijtimoiy]], [[madaniyat|madaniy]] va diniy[[din]]iy taʼriflari[[taʼrif]]lari va rollari[[rol]]lari murakkabligi va farqlanishi tufayli bu atamaga universal taʼrif berish qiyin. Onaning [[erkak]] ekvivalenti [[ota]]dir.