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
    وَالِدَانِwālidāni(two) parents
  3. (in the plural) paternal relatives

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: valid
  • Ottoman Turkish: والد (vâlid)
  • Persian: والد (vâled)

(via informal dual form وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn)):

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)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /vɔlid/

Noun

Dari والد
Iranian Persian
Tajik волид (volid)

والد (vâled)

  1. father

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ل د

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)
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