والد

Arabic
Root
و ل د (w-l-d)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”).

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

(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
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wɑː.lɪd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [wɑː.lɪd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [wɔː.lid̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? wāliḏ
Dari reading? wālid
Iranian reading? vâled
Tajik reading? volid

Noun
Dari والد
Iranian Persian
Tajik волид

والِد • (vâled)

  1. father

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic
Root
و ل د
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /waː.led/

Noun

والد • (wāled) m (dual والدين (wālidēn), feminine والدة (wālde))

  1. (formal) father
    Synonym: أبو (ʔabu)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَالِد (wālid), from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).

Pronunciation

Noun

والِد • (vālid) m (feminine والدہ, Hindi spelling वालिद)

  1. father
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