والد

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Arabic

Root
و ل د (w l d)
14 terms

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    وَالِد (wālidm (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), from وَلَدَ (walada), from Proto-Semitic *walad-.

      Pronunciation

      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

      Noun

      والد (wāledm (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 (vālidm (feminine والدہ, Hindi spelling वालिद)

      1. father