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والد

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Arabic

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Root
و ل د (w l d)
13 terms

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    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

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    Descendants

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    (via informal dual form وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn)):

    Ottoman Turkish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

    Adjective

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    والد (vâlid) (Arabic feminine singular and nonhuman plural والده)

    1. that begets, generates

    Noun

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    والد (vâlid)

    1. a father
      Synonyms: بابا (baba), پدر (peder)
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    Further reading

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    Persian

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid), from وَلَدَ (walada), from Proto-Semitic *walad-.

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

      Noun

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      Dari والد
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik волид

      والِد (vâled)

      1. father

      Descendants

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      South Levantine Arabic

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      Root
      و ل د
      4 terms

      Etymology

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      From Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

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      Noun

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      والد (wāledm (dual والدين (wālidēn), feminine والدة (wālde))

      1. (formal) father
        Synonym: أبو (ʔabu)

      Urdu

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian وَالِد (wālid), from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

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      Noun

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      والِد (vālidm (feminine والدہ, Hindi spelling वालिद)

      1. father