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 (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

    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), from Proto-Semitic *walad-.

      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 (feminine والدہ, Hindi spelling वालिद)

      1. father