والد

Arabic

Root
و ل د (w l d)
14 terms

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /waː.lid/

    Noun

    وَالِد • (wālidm (plural وَالِدُون (wālidūn), feminine وَالِدَة (wālida))

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

    Declension

    Declension of noun وَالِد (wālid)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal وَالِد
    wālid
    الْوَالِد
    al-wālid
    وَالِد
    wālid
    nominative وَالِدٌ
    wālidun
    الْوَالِدُ
    al-wālidu
    وَالِدُ
    wālidu
    accusative وَالِدًا
    wālidan
    الْوَالِدَ
    al-wālida
    وَالِدَ
    wālida
    genitive وَالِدٍ
    wālidin
    الْوَالِدِ
    al-wālidi
    وَالِدِ
    wālidi
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal وَالِدَيْن
    wālidayn
    الْوَالِدَيْن
    al-wālidayn
    وَالِدَيْ
    wāliday
    nominative وَالِدَانِ
    wālidāni
    الْوَالِدَانِ
    al-wālidāni
    وَالِدَا
    wālidā
    accusative وَالِدَيْنِ
    wālidayni
    الْوَالِدَيْنِ
    al-wālidayni
    وَالِدَيْ
    wāliday
    genitive وَالِدَيْنِ
    wālidayni
    الْوَالِدَيْنِ
    al-wālidayni
    وَالِدَيْ
    wāliday
    plural sound masculine plural
    indefinite definite construct
    informal وَالِدِين
    wālidīn
    الْوَالِدِين
    al-wālidīn
    وَالِدِي
    wālidī
    nominative وَالِدُونَ
    wālidūna
    الْوَالِدُونَ
    al-wālidūna
    وَالِدُو
    wālidū
    accusative وَالِدِينَ
    wālidīna
    الْوَالِدِينَ
    al-wālidīna
    وَالِدِي
    wālidī
    genitive وَالِدِينَ
    wālidīna
    الْوَالِدِينَ
    al-wālidīna
    وَالِدِي
    wālidī

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: valid
    • Ottoman Turkish: والد (vâlid)
    • Classical Persian: وَالِد (wālid)

    (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).

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? wālid
      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 • (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 (female equivalent والدہ, Hindi spelling वालिद)

      1. father