વતન

Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree
Arabic وَطَن (waṭan)bor.
Classical Persian وَطَن (watan)bor.
Gujarati વતન

    Borrowed from Classical Persian وَطَن (watan).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    વતન • (vatan) n (higher register, poetic)

    1. motherland, fatherland
      Synonyms: સ્વભૂમિ (svabhūmi), સ્વદેશ (svadeś)
    2. homeland, birthplace
      Synonym: જન્મભૂમિ (janmabhūmi)

    Derived terms

    • વતનપરસ્ત (vatanparast)
    • હમવતન (hamvatan)

    Further reading

    • ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944), “વતન”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 7886.
    • “વતન”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.