वतन

Hindi

Etymology

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Arabic وَطَن (waṭan)bor.

Classical Persian وَطَن (watan)bor.

Hindi वतन (vatan)

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَطَن (watan).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.t̪ən/, [ʋɐ.t̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

वतन • (vatan) m (Urdu spelling وطن)

1. homeland, one's country

   Synonym: स्वदेश (svadeś)

   • 1963, “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo”, Kavi Pradeep (lyrics), C. Ramchandra (music):

     ऐ मेरे वतन के लोगों ज़रा आँख में भर लो पानी जो शहीद हुए हैं उनकी ज़रा याद करो क़ुर्बानी

     ai mere vatan ke logõ zarā ā̃kh mẽ bhar lo pānī jo śahīd hue ha͠i unkī zarā yād karo qurbānī

     O' people of my country, shed a few tears for and remember the sacrifice of the martyrs.

Declension

Declension of वतन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वतन vatan	वतन vatan
oblique	वतन vatan	वतनों vatanõ
vocative	वतन vatan	वतनो vatano

Derived terms

• अहल-ए-वतन (ahal-e-vatan)
• जलावतन (jalāvatan)
• जलावतनी (jalāvatanī)
• मादर-ए-वतन (mādar-e-vatan)
• वतनपरस्त (vatanparast)
• वतनपरस्ती (vatanparastī)
• सोज़-ए-वतन (soz-e-vatan)
• हमवतन (hamvatan)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वतन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वतन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha