والد

Arabic

Root
و ل د (w-l-d)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of وَلَدَ (walada, to give birth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waː.lid/

Noun

وَالِد • (wālid) m (dual وَالِدَان (wālidān), plural وَالِدُون (wālidūn), feminine وَالِدَة (wālida))

  1. father
    Synonym: أَب (ʔab)
  2. parent
    وَالِدَانِwālidāni(two) parents
  3. (in the plural) paternal relatives

Declension

Descendants

(via informal dual form وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn)):

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Adjective

والد • (vâlid) (Arabic feminine singular and nonhuman plural والده)

  1. that begets, generates

Noun

والد • (vâlid)

  1. a father
    Synonyms: بابا (baba), پدر (peder)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wɑː.lɪd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [wɑː.lɪd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [wɔː.lid̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? wāliḏ
Dari reading? wālid
Iranian reading? vâled
Tajik reading? volid

Noun

Dari والد
Iranian Persian
Tajik волид

والِد • (vâled)

  1. father

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ل د
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waː.led/

Noun

والد • (wāled) m (dual والدين (wālidēn), feminine والدة (wālde))

  1. (formal) father
    Synonym: أبو (ʔabu)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَالِد (wālid), from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Pronunciation

Noun

والِد • (vālid) m (feminine والدہ, Hindi spelling वालिद)

  1. father
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