औलाद

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɔː.lɑːd̪/, [ɔː.läːd̪]

Noun

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

1. offspring, children

   Synonyms: बच्चे (bacce), बाल (bāl), संतान (santān)

   आल-औलाद ― āl-aulād ― children

Declension

Declension of औलाद (pl-only fem cons-stem)

	plural
direct	औलाद aulād
oblique	औलादों aulādõ
vocative	औलादो aulādo

Derived terms

• नाजायज़ औलाद (nājāyaz aulād, “illegitimate child”)
• बेऔलाद (beaulād, “childless”)

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “औलाद”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House