मादर

See also: मदिरा, and मुद्रा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مادر (mādar), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (mātā). Doublet of माता (mātā) and माँ (mā̃).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.d̪əɾ/, [mäː.d̪ɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

मादर • (mādar) f (Urdu spelling مادر)

1. mother

   Synonyms: माता (mātā), माँ (mā̃), अम्मा (ammā), अम्माँ (ammā̃)

Declension

Declension of मादर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मादर mādar	मादरें mādarẽ
oblique	मादर mādar	मादरों mādarõ
vocative	मादर mādar	मादरो mādaro

Derived terms

• मादरचोद (mādarcod)
• मादरी ज़बान (mādrī zabān)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मादर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “mādar”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.