مادر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭥 ‎(mātar), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 ‎(mātā), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Kurdish mak, Baluchi مات ‎(mát), Pashto مور ‎(mor), Ossetian мад ‎(mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 ‎(mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit मातृ ‎(mā́tṛ), Hindi माता ‎(mātā), मां ‎(mā̃)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր ‎(mayr), Greek μητέρα ‎(mitéra), Russian мать ‎(mat'), Italian madre, English mother).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɒːˈd̪æɾ]

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• (dialectal, Isfahan) IPA^(key): /mɒːˈdeɾ/

Noun

Dari	مادر
Iranian Persian	مادر
Tajik	модар ‎(modar)

مادر • ‎(mâdar) ‎(plural مادران ‎(mâdarân))

1. mother, mama

   دائیتم. مادرت خواهرمه.

   Dâ'ítam. Mâdáret xâháram-e.

   I'm your (maternal) uncle. Your mother is my sister.

   فردا باید برم خونه مادرم.

   Fardâ bâyad beram xune-ye mâdaram.

   I need to go to my mother's house tomorrow.

Inflection

basic forms of مادر

	singular	plural
bare	مادر (mâdar)	مادران (mâdar) مادرا (mâdarấ) (colloquial)
definitive direct object	مادر را (mâdar râ) مادر رو (mâdaro) (colloquial)	مادران را (mâdar) مادرا رو (mâdarấ ro) (colloquial)
ezâfé	مادر (mâdar-e)	مادران (mâdar) مادرای (mâdarấ-ye) (colloquial)
marked indefinite, relative definite	مادری (mâdar-i)	مادرانی (mâdar) مادرایی (mâdarấi) (colloquial)

possessive forms of مادر

	singular	plural
1st person singular (my)	مادرم (mâdáram)	مادرانم (mâdarấnam) مادرام (mâdarấm) (colloquial)
2nd person singular (your)	مادرت (mâdárat) (mâdáret) (colloquial)	مادرانت (mâdarấnat) مادرات (mâdarất) (colloquial)
3rd person singular (his/her/its)	مادرش (mâdáraš) (mâdáreš) (colloquial)	مادرانش (mâdarấnaš) مادراش (mâdarấš) (colloquial)
1st person plural (our)	مادرمان (mâdáremân) مادرمون (mâdáremun) (colloquial)	مادرانمان (mâdarấnemân) مادرامون (mâdarấmun) (colloquial)
2nd person plural (your)	مادرتان (mâdáretân) مادرتون (mâdáretun) (colloquial)	مادرانتان (mâdarấnetân) مادراتون (mâdarấtun) (colloquial)
3rd person plural (their)	مادرشان (mâdárešân) مادرشون (mâdárešun) (colloquial)	مادرانشان (mâdarấnešân) مادراشون (mâdarấšun) (colloquial)

Related terms

• مادری ‎(mâdari)
• مادرزن ‎(mâdar-zan)
• مادرشوهر ‎(mâdar-šouhar)
• مادرانه ‎(mâdarâne)
• مادرزادی ‎(mâdar-zâdi)

See also

• پدر ‎(pedar)

Descendants

• Urdu: مادر

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian مادر ‎(mādar), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 ‎(mātā). Cognate to Sanskrit मातृ ‎(mā́tṛ), Hindi माता ‎(mātā).

Noun

مادر • ‎(mādar) f ‎(Hindi spelling मादर)

1. mother, mama