والده

والده

See also: والدة‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِدَة‎ (wālida).

Adjective

والده • (vâlide)

1. Arabic feminine singular and nonhuman plural of والد‎ (vâlid)

Noun

والده • (vâlide)

1. a female parent; a mother

   Synonyms: انا‎ (ana), مادر‎ (mader)

   ‏والده سلطان‎ ― vâlide-i sulṭân ― title of the mother of the reigning sultan of Turkey

Related terms

• والد‎ (vâlid)

Descendants

• Turkish: valide

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “والده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2124

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِدَة‎ (wālida).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /wɑːlɪda/

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

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /vɔlida/

Noun

Dari	والده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	волида (volida)

والده • (vâlede)

1. mother

   Synonym: مادر‎ (mâdar)

Related terms

• والد‎ (vâled)
• والدین‎ (vâledeyn)