वालिदैन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian وَالِدَیْن (wālidayn), from Arabic وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.lɪ.d̪ɛːn/, [ʋäː.lɪ.d̪ɛ̃ːn]
- Hyphenation: वा‧लि‧दैन
- Rhymes: -ɛːn
Noun
वालिदैन • (vālidain) m pl (Urdu spelling والِدَین)
Declension
| plural | |
|---|---|
| direct | वालिदैन vālidain |
| oblique | वालिदैनों vālidainõ |
| vocative | वालिदैनो vālidaino |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वालिदैन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4436
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वालिदैन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 916
- Platts, John T. (1884) “والدين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1176
- “वालिदैन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.