والد

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”), from the root و ل د (w-l-d).

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

• → Persian: والد (vâled)
  • → Bengali: ওয়ালেদ (waled)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: वालिद (vālid)
    • Urdu: والد (vālid)

(via informal dual form وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn)):

• → Azerbaijani: valideyn
• → Persian: والدین (vâledeyn)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: वालिदैन (vālidain)

    Urdu: والِدَین (vālidain)

• → Uzbek: volidayn

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Noun

Dari	والد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	волид

والد • (vâled)

1. father

Descendants

• → Bengali: ওয়ালেদ (waled)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: वालिद (vālid)
  • Urdu: والد (vālid)

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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: أب (ʔabb)