والد

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Arabic

Root
و ل د (w l d)
12 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).

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