مادر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭥 (mādar), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (mātā), from Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Kurdish, Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā), मां (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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• (dialectal, Isfahan) IPA^(key): /mɒːˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

Dari	مادر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	модар

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

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

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

• Urdu: مادر

See also

• پدر (pedar)

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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