Borrowed from Persian مادر (mâdar).
مادَر • (mader)
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).
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | māḏar |
Dari reading? | mādar |
Iranian reading? | mâdar |
Tajik reading? | modar |
Dari | مادر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | модар |
مادَر • (mâdar) (plural مادران (mâdarân))
Basic forms of مادر (mâdar) | ||
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singular | plural | |
bare | مادر (mâdar) |
مادران (mâdarấn) مادرا △ (mâdarấ) |
definitive direct object | مادر را (mâdar râ) مادر رو △ (mâdaro) |
مادران را (mâdarấn râ) مادرا رو △ (mâdarấ ro) |
ezâfe | مادر (mâdar-e) |
مادران (mâdarấn-e) مادرای △ (mâdarấ-ye) |
marked indefinite or relative definite |
مادری (mâdar-i) |
مادرانی (mâdarấn-i) مادرایی △ (mâdarấi) |
△ Colloquial. |
Possessive forms of مادر (mâdar) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person singular (“my”) |
مادرم (mâdáram) |
مادرانم (mâdarấnam) مادرام △ (mâdarấm) |
2nd person singular (“your”) |
مادرت (mâdárat) △ (mâdáret) |
مادرانت (mâdarấnat) مادرات △ (mâdarất) |
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
مادرش (mâdáraš) △ (mâdáreš) |
مادرانش (mâdarấnaš) مادراش △ (mâdarấš) |
1st plural (“our”) |
مادرمان (mâdáremân) مادرمون △ (mâdáremun) |
مادرانمان (mâdarấnemân) مادرامون △ (mâdarấmun) |
2nd plural (“your”) |
مادرتان (mâdáretân) مادرتون △ (mâdáretun) |
مادرانتان (mâdarấnetân) مادراتون △ (mâdarấtun) |
3rd plural (“their”) |
مادرشان (mâdárešân) مادرشون △ (mâdárešun) |
مادرانشان (mâdarấnešân) مادراشون △ (mâdarấšun) |
△ Colloquial. |
Borrowed from Classical Persian مادر (mādar), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (mātā). Cognate to Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā).