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
  • → 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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