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)

1. motherland

   Synonym: मातृभूमि (mātŕbhūmi)

Declension

Declension of मादर-ए-वतन (masc cons-stem)

	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, 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, 2024.