Quranic root
وطن
w · ṭ · n
The root centers on a settled place or locus of residence, especially a human dwelling or home.
The place-of-residence notion extends to taking land as a homeland and settling in a country; derived uses also describe preparing oneself for, or submitting oneself to, an undertaking.
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- Lane · entry 30574
- Lane · entry 30577
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مَوْطِن
mawṭin
- Part of speech
- Noun · plural form attested
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A place of settlement or residence; in the Quranic plural, a locality or region.
Attested in the Quran only as the plural مَوَاطِنَ. The supplied occurrence is contextually rendered “regions”; this is treated as the place or locality sense rather than as a separate meaning.
- Lane · entry 30578
Selected Quran examples
Quran 9:25word 5
“regions”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 9:25مَوَاطِنَregions
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 6 Classical meanings
وَطَنٌ
A settled place of abode or residence; a dwelling or home.
The plural أَوْطَان is also used for the resting places of sheep.
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أَوْطَنَ
To make a land one's homeland; to take it as a settled place of residence.
Explicitly attested in the construction involving taking the land as a homeland.
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وَطَّنَ
To prepare, discipline, or persuade oneself to undertake a thing; to make oneself disposed to it.
Used with the self or mind in constructions expressing preparation or inducement to an undertaking, including constructions with عَلَى or لِـ.
- Lane · entry 30574
تَوَطَّنَ
To undertake a thing and submit oneself to it; to become disposed to do it.
A reflexive construction describing the mind or person becoming prepared and subjecting itself to an undertaking.
- Lane · entry 30576
اِسْتَوْطَنَ
To take a country or place as one's home; to settle there.
The construction may express adopting a country as a home or settling in a settled place of abode.
- Lane · entry 30577
المِيطَان
A goal or endpoint.
A distinct derivative listed in the root's Classical lexical material.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The sole Quran occurrence is the plural مَوَاطِنَ; مَوْطِن is used as the normalized dictionary citation form.
The Form IV Lane unit is pointer-only; its independent meaning is retained from the explicit Classical expression أَوْطَنَتِ الأرضَ rather than inferred from the pointer alone.
The contextual rendering “regions” does not create an additional Quranic sense beyond the lexical place or locality meaning.