motherland

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr

Proto-Germanic *mōdēr

Proto-West Germanic *mōder

Old English mōdor

Middle English moder

English mother

English land

English motherland

From mother +‎ land.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌðɚˌlænd/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌð.ə.lænd/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

motherland (plural motherlands)

The country of one's ancestors.
The country of one's birth.
Country of origin.
Mother country in contrast to its colonies.

Synonyms

Derived terms

muddaland

Translations

the country of one's ancestors

Albanian: mëmëdhe (sq) f, atdhe (sq) m , Troje (sq)
Arabic: وَطَن (ar) m (waṭan)
Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʻ)
Azerbaijani: vətən (az), ana vətən
Bashkir: ватан (vatan)
Belarusian: радзі́ма (be) f (radzíma), айчы́на f (ajčýna), ба́цькаўшчына f (bácʹkaŭščyna)
Bengali: ওয়াতন (bn) (ōẇaton)
Bulgarian: роди́на (bg) f (rodína), оте́чество (bg) n (otéčestvo), та́тковина (bg) f (tátkovina)
Burmese: အမိမြေ (a.mi.mre)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 祖國 / 祖国 (zou² gwok³), 故國 / 故国 (gu³ gwok³)

Mandarin: 祖國 / 祖国 (zh) (zǔguó), 故國 / 故国 (zh) (gùguó)
Czech: vlast (cs) f, domovina f, otčina (cs) f (literary)
Danish: hjemland (da) n, moderland (da) n, fædreland n
Dolgan: төрөөбүт һир (törööbüt hir)
Dutch: vaderland (nl) n
Esperanto: patrujo (eo) sg
Estonian: kodumaa (et)
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: isänmaa (fi)
French: patrie (fr) f
Galician: patria (gl) f
Georgian: სამშობლო (ka) (samšoblo)
German: Vaterland (de) n
Greek: πατρίδα (el) f (patrída)
Ancient: πατρίς f (patrís)
Hebrew: מוֹלֶדֶת (he) f (molédet)
Hindi: स्वदेश (hi) m (svadeś), वतन (hi) m (vatan), मातृभूमि (hi) f (mātŕbhūmi)
Hungarian: őshaza (hu), haza (hu), szülőföld (hu)
Icelandic: föðurland (is) n, heimaland n, fósturland (is) n
Indonesian: tanah leluhur
Irish: tír dhúchais f
Italian: madrepatria (it) f, patria (it) f
Japanese: 母国 (ja) (ぼこく, bokoku), 祖国 (ja) (そこく, sokoku)
Kazakh: отан (otan), атамекен (atameken)
Khmer: មាតុភូមិ (miətophuum), មាតុប្រទេស (miətoprɑɑteih)
Korean: 모국(母國) (ko) (moguk), 조국(祖國) (ko) (joguk)
Kyrgyz: ата мекен (ata meken)
Lao: ມາຕຸພູມ (lo) (mā tu phūm), ບ້ານເມືອງ (bān mư̄ang)
Latin: patria (la) f
Latvian: tēvija f, tēvzeme f, dzimtene f
Lithuanian: tėvynė (lt) f
Macedonian: дедовина f (dedovina), татковина f (tatkovina), родина f (rodina)
Malay: tanah air (ms)
Malayalam: മാതൃഭൂമി (ml) (mātr̥bhūmi)
Manchu: ᠮᠠᡶᠠ
ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (mafa gurun), ᠮᠠᡶᠠᡵᡳ
ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (mafari gurun)
Maori: whenua matua
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: эх орон (ex oron)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: moderland n, hjemland n, fedreland n

Nynorsk: moderland n, heimland n, fedreland n
Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan)
Pannonian Rusyn: оцовщина f (ocovščina)
Pashto: وطن (ps) m (watan)
Persian:
Dari: وَطَن m (watan), میهَن (mēhan)

Iranian Persian: وَطَن (vatan), میهَن (mihan)
Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f, ojcowizna (pl) f
Portuguese: país de origem m
Romanian: patrie (ro) f
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina), отчи́зна (ru) f (otčízna), оте́чество (ru) n (otéčestvo)
Scottish Gaelic: màthar-thìr f, tìr-dhàimh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀таџбина f, до̀мовина f

Roman: òtadžbina (sh) f, dòmovina (sh) f
Silesian: hajmat m
Slovak: vlasť f, domovina f, otčina f
Slovene: domovina (sl) f
Spanish: patria (es) f
Swedish: fädernesland (sv) n, fosterland (sv) n, hemland (sv) n
Tagalog: inang bayan, patriya
Tajik: ватан (tg) (vatan), меҳан (tg) (mehan)
Tamil: தாயகம் (ta) (tāyakam), தாய்நாடு (ta) (tāynāṭu)
Tatar: ватан (tt) (watan)
Thai: มาตุภูมิ (maa-dtù-puum), บ้านเมือง (th) (bâan-mʉʉang), ปิตุภูมิ (bpì-dtù-puum)
Turkish: memleket (tr), ana vatan (tr)
Turkmen: watan
Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (uk) f (bátʹkivščyna), вітчи́зна (uk) f (vitčýzna)
Urdu: وَطَن (ur) m (vatan), مادَرِ وَطَن m (mādar-i vatan)
Uyghur: ۋەتەن (weten)
Uzbek: vatan (uz)
Vietnamese: quê hương (vi), tổ quốc (vi) (祖國)
Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד n (muterland)

the country of one's birth

Albanian: mëmëdhe (sq) f, atdhe (sq) m
Arabic: وَطَن (ar) m (waṭan)
Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʻ)
Belarusian: радзі́ма (be) f (radzíma), ба́цькаўшчына f (bácʹkaŭščyna)
Bulgarian: роди́на (bg) f (rodína)
Czech: vlast (cs) f
Danish: fædreland n, fødeland (da) n, hjemland (da) n
Dutch: geboorteland (nl) n
Esperanto: patrujo (eo) sg, hejmlando sg, patralando sg, patrinlando sg
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: synnyinmaa (fi)
French: patrie (fr) f
German: Heimat (de) f, Heimatland (de) n
Greek: πατρίδα (el) f (patrída)
Ancient: πατρίς f (patrís)
Hungarian: szülőföld (hu)
Icelandic: heimaland n
Indonesian: tanah kelahiran
Italian: patria (it) f
Japanese: 母国 (ja) (ぼこく, bokoku), 本国 (ja) (ほんごく, hongoku)
Korean: 모국(母國) (ko) (moguk)
Latin: patria (la) f
Latvian: dzimtene f
Macedonian: родина f (rodina), татковина f (tatkovina)
Maori: whenua matua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjemland n
Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan)
Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: pátria (pt) f, pátria-mãe f
Romanian: patrie (ro) f
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
Slovak: vlasť f
Spanish: patria (es) f
Swedish: fosterland (sv) n, hemland (sv) n
Tagalog: inang bayan, patriya
Tamil: தாயகம் (ta) (tāyakam), தாய்நாடு (ta) (tāynāṭu)
Ukrainian: ба́тьківщина (uk) f (bátʹkivščyna)
Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד n (muterland)

country of origin

Armenian: հայրենիք (hy) (hayrenikʻ)
Danish: fædreland n, hjemland (da) n
Dutch: land van oorsprong n
Esperanto: hejmlando sg, patrujo (eo) sg, patralando, patrinlando
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: kotimaa (fi)
Indonesian: tanah air
Japanese: 故国 (ja) (ここく, kokoku)
Kapampangan: indung balen, indung gabun
Latvian: dzimtene f
Macedonian: татковина f (tatkovina), родина f (rodina)
Malay: tanah air (ms)
Maori: whenua tupu
Ottoman Turkish: وطن (vatan)
Polish: macierz (pl) f, ojczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: país de origem m
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
Swedish: moderland (sv) n, fosterland (sv) n
Tagalog: inang bayan, patriya
Tamil: தாயகம் (ta) (tāyakam), தாய்நாடு (ta) (tāynāṭu)
Yiddish: מוטערלאַנד n (muterland)

mother country in contrast to its colonies

Danish: moderland (da) n
Dutch: moederland (nl)
Esperanto: patrujo (eo) sg, metropolo sg, ĉeflando
Faroese: móðurland n
Finnish: emämaa (fi)
German: Mutterland (de) n
Hungarian: anyaország (hu)
Macedonian: матична земја f (matična zemja)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: moderland n

Nynorsk: moderland n
Portuguese: metrópole (pt) f
Russian: ро́дина (ru) f (ródina)
Swedish: moderland (sv) n
Turkish: ana yurt (tr), ana vatan (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} atdhe (sq), ^{(please verify)} mëmëdhe (sq)
German: ^{(please verify)} Mutterland (de)
Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} સ્વદેશ (svadeś)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} मातृभूमि (hi) (mātŕbhūmi), ^{(please verify)} मूलनिवास (mūlnivās), ^{(please verify)} स्वदेश (hi) (svadeś)
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} móðurl
Italian: ^{(please verify)} madrepatria (it) f
Latin: ^{(please verify)} mater (la) f, ^{(please verify)} altrix f
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} മാതൃഭൂമി (ml) (mātr̥bhūmi)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Madre Patria

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