watan

watan

1. contraction of wat +‎ dan

   Kom je mee? - Watan? - Are you coming? - why?

• waton

Inherited from Malay watan (“homeland; fatherland; motherland”), from Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwatan/ [ˈwa.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -atan
• Syllabification: wa‧tan

watan (plural watan-watan)

1. (uncommon or chiefly Malaysia) homeland; fatherland; motherland

   Synonyms: ibu pertiwi, janabijana, tanah air, tanah bijana, tanah kelahiran

• “watan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَطَن (watan).

• IPA^(key): /βɑˈtɑn/, [β˕ɑ̝ˈt̪ɑ̝n]
• (Iran, Afghanistan) IPA^(key): [wäˈt̪ʰän]
• Rhymes: -ɑn
• Hyphenation: wa‧tan

watan (definite accusative watany, plural watanlar)

1. fatherland, home country

• “watan” in Enedilim.com
• “watan” in Webonary.org