noun
Kansai dialect familiar term for one's own mother. Used within the family or when speaking casually about one's mother. Not used to address someone else's mother directly.
うちのおかんは料理が上手やねん。
My mom is good at cooking.
おかん、ちょっとこれ見て！
Mom, look at this for a sec!
Standard polite term for mother; used for one's own mother and to address others' mothers. おかん is a casual Kansai dialect variant.
Humble term used when speaking about one's own mother to outsiders. おかん is casual and dialectal, not humble.
Casual, often childlike term for mother, similar to 'mommy'. おかん is specifically Kansai dialect and has a more folksy feel.
Kansai dialect contraction of お母さん (okāsan). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it likely arose from casual, rapid speech in the Kansai region.