اولاد

See also: أولاد

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād), plural of وَلَد (walad, “child”).

Noun

اولاد • (evlâd) (plural اولادلر)

1. child, offspring

   Synonym: ولد (veled)

2. children (collectively), offspring, progeny
3. plural of ولد (veled)

Derived terms

• اولادسز (evlâdsız)
• اولادلق (evlâdlık)
• اولادیت (evlâdiyet)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: evlat
• → Albanian: evlat
• → Ladino: evlad (Monastir)
• → Serbo-Croatian: èvlād／ѐвла̄д

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اولاد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 265a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اولاد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 199ab

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād), plural of وَلَد (walad, “child”).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaw.ˈlɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.lɑ́ːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.lɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.lɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.lɔ́ːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔow.lɒ́ːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.lɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	awlāḏ
Dari reading?	awlād
Iranian reading?	owlâd
Tajik reading?	avlod

Noun

اولاد • (awlād)

1. (chiefly Dari) child, children
2. offspring
3. descendant
4. progeny

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اولاد (awlād, “offspring, child(ren), descendant”), from Arabic أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād, “children”), plural of وَلَد (walad, “child; son”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɔː.lɑːd̪/

Noun

اولاد • (aulād) f pl (Hindi spelling औलाद)

1. offspring
2. descendant
3. progeny
4. child, children

   Synonyms: وَنْشَج (vanśaj), بال (bāl), سَنْتان (santān)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu اولاد (aulād).

Noun

اولاد (ōlād)

1. offspring
2. descendant