Archaic familiar term for 'mother', using the old possessive じゃ (modern の). Not used in contemporary Japanese; encountered only in historical or literary texts.
In old tales, the line 'Mother, where are you going?' appears.
Archaic spelling using じゃ for the possessive; the kanji 母者人 is an ateji variant.
Ateji (phonetic) spelling for the same word; less common than 母じゃ人.
The older spelling 母者人 combines 母 with 者人, an honorific expression for a person, and means “mother” or “lady mother.”