vatan

See also: Vatan

Albanian

Etymology

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Arabic وَطَن (waṭan)bor.

Ottoman Turkish وطنbor.

Albanian vatan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وطن.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈtan/
• Rhymes: -tan
• Hyphenation: va‧tán

Noun

vatan m (definite vatani) (uncountable, colloquial, higher register)

1. fatherland, motherland

   Synonyms: atdhe, mëmëdhe

2. homeland, birthplace

   Synonym: vendlindje

References

• “vatan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “vatan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “vatan”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 499

Crimean Tatar

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ватан
Roman

Etymology

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Arabic وَطَن (waṭan)bor.

Ottoman Turkish وطنbor.

Crimean Tatar vatan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وطن.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: va‧tan

Noun

vatan

1. homeland, home country
2. motherland, fatherland, mother country

Declension

Declension of vatan

	singular	plural
nominative	vatan	vatanlar
genitive	vatannıñ	vatanlarnıñ
dative	vatanğa	vatanlarğa
accusative	vatannı	vatanlarnı
locative	vatanda	vatanlarda
ablative	vatandan	vatanlardan

Derived terms

• vatandaş
• vatandaşlıq
• vatanperver
• vatanperverlik

 

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “vatan”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

Noun

vatan (Cyrillic spelling ватан)

1. homeland, home country
2. motherland, fatherland, mother country

Turkish

Etymology

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Arabic وَطَن (waṭan)bor.

Ottoman Turkish وطن

Turkish vatan

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وطن.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈtan/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: va‧tan

Noun

vatan (definite accusative vatanı, plural vatanlar)

1. homeland, home country
2. motherland, fatherland, mother country

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	vatan
Definite accusative	vatanı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vatan	vatanlar
Definite accusative	vatanı	vatanları
Dative	vatana	vatanlara
Locative	vatanda	vatanlarda
Ablative	vatandan	vatanlardan
Genitive	vatanın	vatanların

Synonyms

• yurt

Derived terms

• anavatan
• vatan millet meselesi
• vatandaş

 

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vatan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وطن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2141

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	ватан‍
Latin	vatan‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

Noun

vatan (plural vatanlar)

1. homeland, home country

Declension

Declension of vatan

	singular	plural
nominative	vatan	vatanlar
genitive	vatanning	vatanlarning
dative	vatanga	vatanlarga
definite accusative	vatanni	vatanlarni
locative	vatanda	vatanlarda
ablative	vatandan	vatanlardan
similative	vatandek	vatanlardek

Possessive forms of vatan

my	singular	plural
nominative	vatanim	vatanlarim
genitive	vatanimning	vatanlarimning
dative	vatanimga	vatanlarimga
definite accusative	vatanimni	vatanlarimni
locative	vatanimda	vatanlarimda
ablative	vatanimdan	vatanlarimdan
similative	vatanimdek	vatanlarimdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	vataning	vatanlaring
genitive	vataningning	vatanlaringning
dative	vataningga	vatanlaringga
definite accusative	vataningni	vatanlaringni
locative	vataningda	vatanlaringda
ablative	vataningdan	vatanlaringdan
similative	vataningdek	vatanlaringdek
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	vatani	vatanlari
genitive	vatanining	vatanlarining
dative	vataniga	vatanlariga
definite accusative	vatanini	vatanlarini
locative	vatanida	vatanlarida
ablative	vatanidan	vatanlaridan
similative	vatanidek	vatanlaridek
our	singular	plural
nominative	vatanimiz	vatanlarimiz
genitive	vatanimizning	vatanlarimizning
dative	vatanimizga	vatanlarimizga
definite accusative	vatanimizni	vatanlarimizni
locative	vatanimizda	vatanlarimizda
ablative	vatanimizdan	vatanlarimizdan
similative	vatanimizdek	vatanlarimizdek
your	singular	plural
nominative	vataningiz	vatanlaringiz
genitive	vataningizning	vatanlaringizning
dative	vataningizga	vatanlaringizga
definite accusative	vataningizni	vatanlaringizni
locative	vataningizda	vatanlaringizda
ablative	vataningizdan	vatanlaringizdan
similative	vataningizdek	vatanlaringizdek
their	singular	plural
nominative	vatani	vatanlari
genitive	vatanining	vatanlarining
dative	vataniga	vatanlariga
definite accusative	vatanini	vatanlarini
locative	vatanida	vatanlarida
ablative	vatanidan	vatanlaridan	similative	vatanidek	vatanlaridek