والدین

والدین

See also: والدين‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِدَيْن‎ (wālidayn), oblique dual of وَالِد‎ (wālid).

Noun

Dari	والدین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	волидайн (volidayn)

والدین • (vâledeyn)

1. parents

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: वालिदैन (vālidain)
  • Urdu: والدین‎ (vālidain)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian والدین‎ (vālidayn), itself from Arabic وَالِدَيْن‎ (wālidayn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.lɪ.d̪ɛːn/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːl.d̪ɛːn/
• Rhymes: -ɛːn

Noun

والِدَین • (vālidain) m pl (Hindi spelling वालिदैन)

1. (polite) parents

   Synonyms: ماں باپ‎ (māṉ bāp), (endearing) امی ابو‎ (ammī abbū)

References

• “والدین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “والدین”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.