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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn), oblique dual of وَالِد (wālid). By surface analysis, والد (wālid / vâled) + ـین (-ayn / -eyn).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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wāliḏayn
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| Dari reading?
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wālidayn
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| Iranian reading?
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vâledeyn
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| Tajik reading?
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volidayn
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Noun
| Dari
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والدین
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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волидайн
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والدین • (vâledeyn)
- parents
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian والدین (vālidayn), itself from Arabic وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn).
Pronunciation
Noun
والِدَین • (vālidain) m pl (Hindi spelling वालिदैन)
- (polite) parents
- Synonyms: ماں باپ (māṉ bāp), (endearing) امی ابو (ammī abbū)
References
- “والدین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “والدین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.