maadarí zabaán mother tongue, native language

Part of Speech MWE
Vernacular Form مادری زبان
Phonetic Form maadarí zabaán
Origin Urdu (Persian): maadarii zabaan
    • mother tongue, native language
      • Example 563:
        teeṇíi čoolaá khóṇḍum ta, míi maadarí zabaán dháara.
        teeṇíi
        refl
        čoolaá
        speech
        khoṇḍ
        talk
        -um
        -1sg
        ta
        DS
        míi
        1sg.gen
        maadarí
        mother's
        zabaán
        language
        dhar
        remain
        -e
        -3sg
        If I speak my own language, my mother tongue will remain [alive].
        Source: A:BHB091
      • Example 1271:
        be bi dúi xálaka eeteeṇá na asím teeṇíi maadarí zabaán na uṛigeéli híni.
        be
        1pl.nom
        bi
        SEP
        dúi
        other
        xálak
        people
        -a
        -pl
        eeteeṇ
        such
        -a
        -MPL
        na
        neg
        asím
        1pl.erg
        teeṇíi
        refl
        maadarí
        mother's
        zabaán
        language
        na
        neg
        uṛigeél
        give.up.pfv
        -i
        -f
        hin
        be.prs
        -i
        -f
        We never abandoned our mother tongue like other people.
        Source: A:BHB079

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