āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
mother country
/mËĘÃ°É kËĘntÉši/
Mother country
01
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻļ
the country from which a colony or former colony originated or was controlled
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The settlers kept their loyalty to the mother country.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ
a country that is considered the origin or homeland of a person
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She missed her mother country, despite living in the U.S. for years.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
