وطن

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Arabic

Root
و ط ن (w ṭ n)
9 terms

Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /wa.tˤan/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    وَطَن (waṭanm (plural أَوْطَان (ʔawṭān))

    1. nation
    2. home, homeland, country, fatherland
    Declension
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    وَطَنَ (waṭana) I (non-past يَطِنُ (yaṭinu), verbal noun وَطْن (waṭn))

    1. to dwell, reside, stay
    2. to live in (بِ (bi))
    Conjugation

    Etymology 3

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    وَطَّنَ (waṭṭana) II (non-past يُوَطِّنُ (yuwaṭṭinu), verbal noun تَوْطِين (tawṭīn))

    1. to choose for residence; to settle down, get settled, take up residence
    2. to get used to, adjust oneself to, reconcile oneself to; to put up with (نَفْسَهُ عَلَى (nafsahu ʕalā))
    3. to prepare oneself mentally for, to make up one's mind to (نَفْسَهُ عَلَى (nafsahu ʕalā))
    Conjugation

    Kyrgyz

    Other scripts
    Cyrillic ватан (vatan)
    Perso-Arabic

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian وَطَن (watan).

      Noun

      وطن (vatan)

      1. homeland

      Ottoman Turkish

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

        Noun

        وطن (vatan) (definite accusative وطنی (vatanı), plural اوطان (evtan))

        1. homeland, fatherland, motherland, the country that one regards as home

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        Further reading

        Persian

        Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia fa

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

          Pronunciation

          Readings
          Classical reading? watan
          Dari reading? watan
          Iranian reading? vatan
          Tajik reading? vatan

          Noun

          Dari وطن
          Iranian Persian
          Tajik ватан

          وطن (vatan)

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

          Synonyms

          Derived terms

          Descendants

          South Levantine Arabic

          Root
          و ط ن
          6 terms

          Etymology 1

          From Arabic وَطَّنَ (waṭṭana).

          Pronunciation

          Verb

          وطّن (waṭṭan) II (present بوطّن (biwaṭṭen))

          1. (transitive) to settle
          2. to localize
          Conjugation
              Conjugation of وطّن (waṭṭan)
          singular plural
          1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
          past m وطّنت (waṭṭant) وطّنت (waṭṭant) وطّن (waṭṭan) وطّننا (waṭṭanna) وطّنتو (waṭṭantu) وطّنو (waṭṭanu)
          f وطّنتي (waṭṭanti) وطّنت (waṭṭanat)
          present m بوطّن (bawaṭṭen) بتوطّن (bitwaṭṭen) بوطّن (biwaṭṭen) منوطّن (minwaṭṭen) بتوطّنو (bitwaṭṭnu) بوطّنو (biwaṭṭnu)
          f بتوطّني (bitwaṭṭni) بتوطّن (bitwaṭṭen)
          subjunctive m اوطّن (awaṭṭen) توطّن (twaṭṭen) يوطّن (ywaṭṭen) نوطّن (nwaṭṭen) توطّنو (twaṭṭnu) يوطّنو (ywaṭṭnu)
          f توطّني (twaṭṭni) توطّن (twaṭṭen)
          imperative m وطّن (waṭṭen) وطّنو (waṭṭnu)
          f وطّني (waṭṭni)

          Etymology 2

          From Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          وطن (waṭanm (plural أوطان (ʔawṭān))

          1. homeland, native land

          Urdu

          Etymology

            Borrowed from Classical Persian وَطَن (watan).

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            وَطَن (vatanm (Hindi spelling वतन)

            1. nation, country
            2. homeland, motherland, fatherland
              • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :
                مذہب نہیں سکھاتا آپس میں بیر رکھنا
                ہندی ہیں ہم وطن ہے ہندوستاں ہمارا
                mazhab nahī̃ sikhātā, āpas mẽ bair rakhnā
                hindī ha͠i ham, vatan ha͠i, hindostā̃ hamārā
                Religion does not preach animosity among ourselves.
                We are Hindi and our homeland is Hindustan.

            Declension

                Declension of وطن
            singular plural
            direct وَطَن (vatan) وَطَن (vatan)
            oblique وَطَن (vatan) وَطَنوں (vatanõ)
            vocative وَطَن (vatan) وَطَنو (vatano)

            Further reading

            • وطن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
            • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “وطن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 663