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الوطن

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of home, dwelling, and settling in a place. It extends to the idea of establishing oneself, familiarity, and agreement. It also touches upon specific locations for animals and racing.

Derived headwords

الوطنnoun
  1. 1.
    Home, homelandboth

    The place of residence or dwelling. It can also refer to the place where livestock are tethered.

أوطانnoun
  1. 1.
    Homelandsboth

    Plural of 'watan', referring to multiple places of residence or homelands.

وطنverb
  1. 1.
    To reside, to dwellboth

    To settle or live in a place, to make it one's home.

أوطنverb
  1. 1.
    To settle, to inhabitboth

    To cause someone or oneself to settle in a place; to inhabit.

استوطنverb
  1. 1.
    To settle in, to inhabitboth

    To take a place as a homeland or residence; to settle down in.

وطّنverb
  1. 1.
    To make a home, to settleboth

    To establish a place as a home or residence; to settle.

مواطنnoun
  1. 1.
    Habitats, places of residenceboth

    Places where one resides or dwells. In the context of Mecca, it refers to its sacred sites or places of gathering.

  2. 2.
    Battlefields, scenes of conflictclassical

    In the context of war, it refers to the places where battles occur or are witnessed.

توطينnoun
  1. 1.
    Settlement, establishing a homeboth

    The act of settling in a place or making it a home.

  2. 2.
    Preparation, making readyclassical

    The act of preparing or making something ready, especially the soul or mind.

توطّنverb
  1. 1.
    To become accustomed, to prepareclassical

    To make oneself accustomed to something, to prepare or make ready.

ميطانnoun
  1. 1.
    Goal, targetclassical

    The ultimate aim or objective.

  2. 2.
    Starting point for a raceclassical

    A place designated for horses to start a race.

واطنverb
  1. 1.
    To agree with, to conformboth

    To be in agreement with someone or something regarding a matter; to concur.

Parallel reading

الوطن، محركة ويسكن: منزل الإقامة، ومربط البقر والغنم ج: أوطان.
Al-watan, with vowel and sukun: the place of residence, and the tethering place for cattle and sheep, plural: awtan.
ووطن به يطن وأوطن: أقام.
And 'watana bihi yatun' and 'awtan': to reside.
وأوطنه ووطنه واستوطنه: اتخذه وطنا.
And 'awtanahu', 'wattanahu', and 'istawtanahu': to take it as a homeland.
ومواطن مكة: مواقفها، و من الحرب: مشاهدها.
And the 'mawaatin' of Mecca: its stopping places, and from war: its scenes.
وتوطين النفس: تمهيدها.
And 'tawteen' of the soul: preparing it.
وتوطنها: تمهدها.
And 'tawattana-ha': to prepare it.
والميطان، بالكسر: الغاية، وموضع يوطن لترسل منه الخيل في السباق.
And 'al-maytaan', with kasra: the goal, and a place prepared from which horses are sent in a race.
وواطنه على الأمر: وافقه.
And 'waatanahu 'ala al-amr': to agree with him on the matter.