مادر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مادر (mâdar).

Noun

مادَر • (mader)

1. mother

   Synonyms: انا (ana), والده (vâlide)

Related terms

• پدر (peder)

Descendants

• Turkish: mader

Persian

مادر و فرزندِ نوزادش

A mother and her infant child.

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭥 (mādar), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (mātā), from Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Northern Kurdish mak, Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā), माँ (mā̃)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (matʹ), Italian madre, English mother).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maː.ˈðaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪ǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪ǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪ǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.d̪ǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.d̪ǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.d̪ǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	māḏar
Dari reading?	mādar
Iranian reading?	mâdar
Tajik reading?	modar

• (dialectal, Isfahan) IPA^(key): /mɒːˈdeɾ/

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

Dari	مادر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	модар

مادَر • (mâdar) (plural مادران)

1. mother, mama

   دائیتم. مادرت خواهرمه. ― dâ'itam. mâdaret xâharam-e. ― I'm your (maternal) uncle. Your mother is my sister.

   فردا باید برم خونه مادرم. ― fardâ bâyad beram xune-ye mâdaram. ― I need to go to my mother's house tomorrow.

Inflection

Basic forms of مادر

	singular	plural
bare	مادر (mâdar)	مادران، مادرا△ (mâdarấn, mâdarấ△)
definitive direct object	مادر را، مادر رو△ (mâdar râ, mâdaro△)	مادران را، مادرا رو△ (mâdarấn râ, mâdarấ ro△)
ezâfe	مادر (mâdar-e)	مادران، مادرای△ (mâdarấn-e, mâdarấ-ye△)
marked indefinite or relative definite	مادری (mâdar-i)	مادرانی، مادرایی△ (mâdarấn-i, mâdarấi△)

^△ Colloquial.

Possessive forms of مادر

	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	مادرم (mâdáram)	مادرانم، مادرام△ (mâdarấnam, mâdarấm△)
2nd person singular (“your”)	مادرت (mâdárat, mâdáret△)	مادرانت، مادرات△ (mâdarấnat, mâdarất△)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	مادرش (mâdáraš, mâdáreš△)	مادرانش، مادراش△ (mâdarấnaš, mâdarấš△)
1st person plural (“our”)	مادرمان، مادرمون△ (mâdáremân, mâdáremun△)	مادرانمان، مادرامون△ (mâdarấnemân, mâdarấmun△)
2nd person plural (“your”)	مادرتان، مادرتون△ (mâdáretân, mâdáretun△)	مادرانتان، مادراتون△ (mâdarấnetân, mâdarấtun△)
3rd person plural (“their”)	مادرشان، مادرشون△ (mâdárešân, mâdárešun△)	مادرانشان، مادراشون△ (mâdarấnešân, mâdarấšun△)

^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• بی‌پدرمادر (bi-pedar-mâdar)
• خواهرمادر (xâhar-mâdar)
• زبانِ مادری (zabân-e mâdari)
• شرکتِ مادر (šerkat-e mâdar)
• مادرانه (mâdarâne)
• مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg)
• مادرجنده (mâdar-jende)
• مادرخرج (mâdar-xarj)
• مادرخوانده (mâdar-xânde)
• مادرزاد (mâdar-zâd)
• مادرزادی (mâdar-zâdi)
• مادرزن (mâdar-zan)
• مادرشوهر (mâdar-šowhar)
• مادرقحبه (mâdar-qahbe)
• مادرِ رضاعی (mâdar-e rezâ'i)
• مادرِ زیستی (mâdar-e zisti)
• مادرِ طبیعت (mâdar-e tabi'at)
• مادرچاه (mâdar-čâh)
• مادری (mâdari)
• مادر‌به‌خطا (mâdar-be-xatâ)
• نامادری (nâmâdari)
• پدرمادر (pedar-mâdar)
• پدرمادردار (pedar-mâdar-dâr)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مادر
  • Turkish: mader
• → Urdu: مادر

See also

واژِگانِ لَهْجِه‌هایِ فارْسیِ ایرانی بَرایِ خویشاوَنْدانِ نَسَبی ― vâžegân-e lahje-hâ-ye fârsi-ye irâni barâ-ye xišâvandân-e nasabi ― Iranian Persian dialectal kinship term

Family member	Standard Iranian Persian	Tehrani dialect	Abadani dialect	Kashani dialect	Shirazi dialect
mother	مادر (mâdar)	مامان (mâmân)	ننه (nene)		مامو (mâmo)
grandmother	مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg)	مامان‌بزرگ (mâmân-bozorg) مامان‌جون (mâmân-jun) (more childish)	بی‌بی (bi-bi)	ماجون (mâjun)	بی‌بی (bi-bi)
father	پدر (pedar)	بابا (bâbâ)	دده (dede)	بابا (bâbâ)	بابو (bâbo)
grandfather	پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg)	بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg) باباجون (bâbâjun) (more childish)			بو‌بزرگ (bovobozorg) آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg)
sister	خواهر (xâhar)	آبجی (âbji)	دده (dade)	—	آباجی (âbâji)
older sister	خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg)	آق‌‌باجی (âġ-bâji)	—	باجی (bâji)	شاباجی (šâbâji)
brother	برادر (barâdar)	داداش (dâdâš)	کا (kâ)	وردار (vardâr)	کاکو (kâko) داچی (dâčči) (younger brother)
older brother	برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg)	—			آکاکو (âkâko)
maternal aunt (mother's sister)	خاله (xâle)
maternal uncle (mother's brother)	دایی (dâyi)		خالو (xâlu)	—	دئی (do'i) خان‌دوی (xân-doy) (more respectful)
paternal aunt (father's sister)	عمه (amme)
paternal uncle (father's brother)	عمو (amu)		آمو, عامو (âmu)	—	آمو, عامو (âmu)

1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (bozorg) and کلان (kalân) are correct, but the former is more common in Iran.

Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms

Family member	Standard Dari	Kabuli dialect	Hazaragi dialect
mother	مادر (mādar)	ننه (nana)	آبه (āba)
grandmother	مادرکلان (mādar-kalān)	بی‌بی (bī-bī)	آجه (āja), بی‌بی (bī-bī)
father	پدر (padar)	بابا (bābā)	آته (āta)
grandfather	پدرکلان (padar-kalān)	آغا (āġā)	بابا (bābā)
sister	خواهر (xāhar)	خوار (xwār, xār)
older sister	خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān)	—	آغا (āġā), باجی (bājī)
brother	برادر (barādar)	بیادر (biyādar)	برار (birār)
older brother	برادرکلان (barādar-kalān)	لالا (lālā)
maternal aunt (mother's sister)	خاله (xāla)
maternal uncle (mother's brother)	ماما (māmā)		ماما (māmā), تغایی (taġāyī)
paternal aunt (father's sister)	عمه (amma)
paternal uncle (father's brother)	کاکا (kākā)

1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
2. In many dialects, cases of word final ـا (-ā) may be shortened to ـه (-a).
3. In many dialects, all family names ending in ـه (-a) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added, e.g. عمه (amma) -> عمی (ammay) (unrelated to ezafe).

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مادر (mādar), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (mātā). Cognate to Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā).

Noun

مادر • (mādar) f (Hindi spelling मादर)

1. mother, mama