والد

Arabic

Root
و ل د (w-l-d)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.lid/

Noun

وَالِد • (wālid) m (dual وَالِدَان (wālidān), plural وَالِدُون (wālidūn), feminine وَالِدَة (wālida))

1. father

   Synonym: أَب (ʔab)

2. parent

   وَالِدَانِ ― wālidāni ― (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)
• → Persian: والد (vâled)
  • → Bengali: ওয়ালেদ (ōẇaled)
  • → Gujarati: વાલિદ (vālid)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: वालिद (vālid)
    • Urdu: والِد (vālid)

(via informal dual form وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn)):

• → Azerbaijani: valideyn
• → Ottoman Turkish: والدین (vâlideyn)
• → Persian: والدین (vâledeyn)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: वालिदैन (vālidain)
    • Urdu: والِدَین (vālidain)
• → Uzbek: volidayn

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)

Related terms

• والده (vâlide)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “والد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2124

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lið]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lɪd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lɪd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lɪd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.lid̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.led̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.lid̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	wāliḏ
Dari reading?	wālid
Iranian reading?	vâled
Tajik reading?	volid

Noun

Dari	والد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	волид

والِد • (vâled)

1. father

Descendants

• → Bengali: ওয়ালেদ (ōẇaled)
• → Gujarati: વાલિદ (vālid)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: वालिद (vālid)
  • Urdu: والِد (vālid)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ل د
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.led/

Noun

والد • (wāled) m (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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.lɪd̪/

Noun

والِد • (vālid) m (feminine والدہ, Hindi spelling वालिद)

1. father