والد

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 (ʾab)

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

(via informal dual form وَالِدَيْن‎ (wālidayn)):

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

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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, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2124

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِد‎ (wālid).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wɑːlið/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /wɑːlɪd/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /vɒːled/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /vɔlid/

Noun

Dari	والد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	волид (volid)

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

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)