मादर-ए-वतन
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मादरे वतन (mādre vatan)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مادر وطن (mādar-i vatan). By surface analysis, मादर (mādar) + -ए- (-e-) + वतन (vatan).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɑːd̪.ɾeː.ʋə.t̪ən/, [mäːd̪.ɾeː.ʋɐ.t̪ɐ̃n]
- Hyphenation: मा‧दर‧ए‧व‧तन
- Rhymes: -ən
Noun
मादर-ए-वतन • (mādar-e-vatan) m (Urdu spelling مَادَرِ وَطَن)
- motherland
- Synonym: मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मादर-ए-वतन mādar-e-vatan |
मादर-ए-वतन mādar-e-vatan |
| oblique | मादर-ए-वतन mādar-e-vatan |
मादर-ए-वतनों mādar-e-vatanõ |
| vocative | मादर-ए-वतन mādar-e-vatan |
मादर-ए-वतनो mādar-e-vatano |
Further reading
- Hardev Bahri (2013) “मादरवतन”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
- “मादर-ए-वतन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.