Definition of "madar" []

• An East Indian name of species of Calotropis, chiefly C. gigantea, whose root-bark is the source of a drug highly reputed in the East, and whose stembark furnishes the yercum-fiber. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "To make it easy, he will conjure an image of his madar."
• "Amir watches his madar sleep, each short breath making him feels as though time is moving faster than it should."
• "Browne's jurisdiction may have include Karachi which is where Mushka Khan went to speak with the madar-i wali-ahd, or the widow of Sher Ali and mother-in-law of Sardar Muhammad Hashim Khan, at one time the heir apparent to the Durrani throne, who was said to have information about the original orders. back"