vatan
noun B1- homeland, home country
- motherland, fatherland, mother country
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: vatanında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: vatanıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Terkettikleri eski vatanlarında ikisi de sürücülük yapardı.
Vatan, öksüzler anası
Yaşatırsak, bir o yaşar...
Hofer on yedinci yüzyılda vatan hasreti çeken askerlerin derdine derman ararken, aslında insanlığın evrensel ve zamansız bir yarasına parmak bastığının belki de hiç farkında değildi.
Hofer, while seeking a cure for the ailment of homesick soldiers in the seventeenth century, was perhaps completely unaware that he was actually putting his finger on a universal and timeless wound of humanity.
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