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وطن

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See also: و ط ن

Arabic

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Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /wa.tˤan/
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    Noun

    وَطَن (waṭan) m (plural أَوْطَان (ʔawṭān))

    1. nation
    2. home, homeland, country, fatherland
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    Derived terms
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    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
    More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

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    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
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    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

        • وطن اصلی (vatan aslı, country of origin)
        • وطن شرقیسی (vatan şarkısı, national anthem)
        • وطنداش (vatandaş, compatriot)
        • وطنپرور (vatanperver, patriotic)
        • وطنی (vatanî, pertaining to one's homeland)

        Descendants

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        Persian

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        Etymology

          Borrowed from Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

          Pronunciation

           

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          Noun

          وطن (watan / vatan) (Tajik spelling ватан)

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

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          South Levantine Arabic

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          Etymology 1

          From Arabic وَطَّنَ (waṭṭana).

          Pronunciation

          Verb

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

          1. (transitive) to settle
          2. to localize
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          Etymology 2

          From Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          وطن (waṭan) m (plural أوطان (ʔawṭān))

          1. homeland, native land
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          Urdu

          Etymology

            Borrowed from Classical Persian وَطَن (watan).

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            وَطَن (vatan) m (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

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            Further reading

            • وطن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
            • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “وطن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 663
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