वतन

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَطَن (watan).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.t̪ən/, [ʋɐ.t̪ɐ̃n]

वतन • (vatan) m (Urdu spelling وطن)

1. homeland, one's country

   Synonym: स्वदेश (svadeś)

   • 1963, “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo”, Kavi Pradeep (lyrics), C. Ramchandra (music):

     ऐ मेरे वतन के लोगों ज़रा आँख में भर लो पानी जो शहीद हुए हैं उनकी ज़रा याद करो क़ुर्बानी

     ai mere vatan ke logõ zarā ā̃kh mẽ bhar lo pānī jo śahīd hue ha͠i unkī zarā yād karo qurbānī

     O' people of my country, shed a few tears for and remember the sacrifice of the martyrs.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वतन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वतन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha