vatan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish وطن (vatan, “home; homeland; stable, coop”), from Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

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

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

1. fatherland, motherland

   Synonyms: atdhe, mëmëdhe

2. homeland, birthplace

   Synonym: vendlindje

• “vatan”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (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

From Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

vatan

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

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

vatan (Cyrillic spelling ватан)

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

From Ottoman Turkish وطن (vatan, “home; homeland; stable, coop”), from Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

• IPA^(key): /vɑtɑn/, [vɑ.t̟ʰɑn̟]

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vatan (definite accusative vatanı, plural vatanlar)

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

• yurt

• anavatan
• vatandaş

• vatanî

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

From Arabic وَطَن (waṭan).

vatan (plural vatanlar)

1. homeland, home country