vatan

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Albanian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وطن.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /vaˈtan/
    • Rhymes: -tan
    • Hyphenation: va‧tán

    Noun

    vatan m (definite vatani) (uncountable, colloquial, higher register)

    1. fatherland, motherland
      Synonyms: atdhe, mëmëdhe
    2. homeland, birthplace
      Synonym: vendlindje

    References

    • “vatan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
    • vatan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
    • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “vatan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 499

    Crimean Tatar

    Other scripts
    Cyrillic ватан
    Roman

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وطن.

      Pronunciation

      • Hyphenation: va‧tan

      Noun

      vatan

      1. homeland, home country
      2. motherland, fatherland, mother country

      Declension

      Declension of vatan
      singular plural
      nominative vatan vatanlar
      genitive vatannıñ vatanlarnıñ
      dative vatanğa vatanlarğa
      accusative vatannı vatanlarnı
      locative vatanda vatanlarda
      ablative vatandan vatanlardan

      Derived terms

      References

      • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
      • vatan”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

      Tatar

      Etymology

      From Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

      Noun

      vatan (Cyrillic spelling ватан)

      1. homeland, home country
      2. motherland, fatherland, mother country

      Turkish

      Etymology

        Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وطن.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /vaˈtan/
        • Audio:(file)
        • Hyphenation: va‧tan

        Noun

        vatan (definite accusative vatanı, plural vatanlar)

        1. homeland, home country
        2. motherland, fatherland, mother country

        Declension

        Declension of vatan
        singular plural
        nominative vatan vatanlar
        definite accusative vatanı vatanları
        dative vatana vatanlara
        locative vatanda vatanlarda
        ablative vatandan vatanlardan
        genitive vatanın vatanların

        Synonyms

        Derived terms

        References

        Uzbek

        Other scripts
        Yangi Imlo
        Cyrillic ватан
        Latin vatan
        Perso-Arabic
        (Afghanistan)

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

        Noun

        vatan (plural vatanlar)

        1. homeland, home country

        Declension