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مادر

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian مادر (mâdar).

Noun

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مادَر (mader)

  1. mother
    Synonyms: انا (ana), والده (vâlide)
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Descendants

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  • Turkish: mader

Persian

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مادر و فرزندِ نوزادش
A mother and her infant child.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? māḏar
Dari reading? mādar
Iranian reading? mâdar
Tajik reading? modar
  • (dialectal, Isfahan) IPA(key): /mɒːˈdeɾ/
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

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Dari مادر
Iranian Persian
Tajik модар

مادَر (mâdar) (plural مادران)

  1. mother, mama
    دائیتم. مادرت خواهرمه.dâ'itam. mâdaret xâharam-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

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Basic forms of مادر
singular plural
bare مادر (mâdar) مادران، مادرا (mâdarấn, mâdarấ)
definitive direct object مادر را، مادر رو (mâdar râ, mâdaro) مادران را، مادرا رو (mâdarấn râ, mâdarấ ro)
ezâfe مادر (mâdar-e) مادران، مادرای (mâdarấn-e, mâdarấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
مادری (mâdar-i) مادرانی، مادرایی (mâdarấn-i, mâdarấi)

Colloquial.

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

Colloquial.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms
واژِگانِ لَهْجِه‌هایِ فارْسیِ ایرانی بَرایِ خویشاوَنْدانِ نَسَبی
vâžegân-e lahje-hâ-ye fârsi-ye irâni barâ-ye xišâvandân-e nasabi
Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms
Family member Standard Iranian Persian Tehrani dialect Abadani dialect Kashani dialect Shirazi dialect
mother مادر (mâdar) مامان (mâmân) ننه (nene) مامو (mâmo)
grandmother مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg) مامانبزرگ (mâmân-bozorg)

مامانجون (mâmân-jun) (more childish)

بی‌بی (bi-bi) ماجون (mâjun) بی‌بی (bi-bi)
father پدر (pedar) بابا (bâbâ) دده (dede) بابا (bâbâ) بابو (bâbo)
grandfather پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg) بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg)

باباجون (bâbâjun) (more childish)

بوبزرگ (bovobozorg)

آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg)

sister خواهر (xâhar) آبجی (âbji) دده (dade) آباجی (âbâji)
older sister خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg) آق‌‌باجی (âġ-bâji) باجی (bâji) شاباجی (šâbâji)
brother برادر (barâdar) داداش (dâdâš) کا () وردار (vardâr) کاکو (kâko)

داچی (dâčči) (younger brother)

older brother برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg) آکاکو (âkâko)
maternal aunt
(mother's sister)
خاله (xâle)
maternal uncle
(mother's brother)
دایی (dâyi) خالو (xâlu) دئی (do'i)

خاندوی (xân-doy) (more respectful)

paternal aunt
(father's sister)
عمه (amme)
paternal uncle
(father's brother)
عمو (amu) آمو, عامو (âmu) آمو, عامو (âmu)
  1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (bozorg) and کلان (kalân) are correct, but the former is more common in Iran.
Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms
Family member Standard Dari Kabuli dialect Hazaragi dialect
mother مادر (mādar) ننه (nana) آبه (āba)
grandmother مادرکلان (mādar-kalān) بی‌بی (bī-bī) آجه (āja),
بی‌بی (bī-bī)
father پدر (padar) بابا (bābā) آته (āta)
grandfather پدرکلان (padar-kalān) آغا (āġā) بابا (bābā)
sister خواهر (xāhar) خوار (xwār, xār)
older sister خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān) آغا (āġā),
باجی (bājī)
brother برادر (barādar) بیادر (biyādar) برار (birār)
older brother برادرکلان (barādar-kalān) لالا (lālā)
maternal aunt
(mother's sister)
خاله (xāla)
maternal uncle
(mother's brother)
ماما (māmā) ماما (māmā),
تغایی (taġāyī)
paternal aunt
(father's sister)
عمه (amma)
paternal uncle
(father's brother)
کاکا (kākā)
  1. When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
  2. In many dialects, cases of word final ـا () may be shortened to ـه (-a).
  3. In many dialects, all family names ending in ـه (-a) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added, e.g. عمه (amma) -> عمی (ammay) (unrelated to ezafe).

Urdu

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Etymology

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

Noun

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مادر (mādarf (Hindi spelling मादर)

  1. mother, mama