मादर

See also: मदिरा and मुद्रा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mādar), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (mātā). Doublet of माता (mātā) and माँ (mā̃).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.d̪əɾ/, [mäː.d̪ɐɾ]
Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

मादर • (mādar) f (Urdu spelling مادر)

mother
Synonyms: माता (mātā), माँ (mā̃), अम्मा (ammā), अम्माँ (ammā̃)

Declension

Declension of *मादर* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	मादर mādar	मादरें mādarẽ
oblique	मादर mādar	मादरों mādarõ
vocative	मादर mādar	मादरो mādaro

Derived terms

मादरचोद (mādarcod)
मादरी ज़बान (mādrī zabān)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मादर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “mādar”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.