ولد

See also: و ل د

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wɪld/

Noun

ولد (weld) m (plural ولاد (wulād))

Arabic

Root
و ل د (w-l-d)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅇𒌅 (walādum), Aramaic יְלַד (yəlaḏ), Classical Syriac ܝܠܕ (ilaḏ), Hebrew יָלַד (yālaḏ) and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎍𐎄 (yld).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa.la.da/

Verb

وَلَدَ • (walada) I, non-past يَلِدُ‎ (yalidu)

to bear, to beget
وُلِدْتُ فِي مَدِينَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ. ― wulidtu fī madīnatin kabīratin. ― I was born in a big city.
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 112:3:
  لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
  lam yalid walam yūlad
  He neither begets nor is born,
to produce, to bring forth

Conjugation

Conjugation of

وَلَدَ

(form-I assimilated, verbal nouns وِلَادَة or لِدَة or مَوْلِد)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر					وِلَادَة or لِدَة or مَوْلِد wilāda or lida or mawlid
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					وَالِد wālid
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَوْلُود mawlūd
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وَلَدْتُ waladtu	وَلَدْتَ waladta	وَلَدَ walada	وَلَدْتُمَا waladtumā	وَلَدَا waladā	وَلَدْنَا waladnā	وَلَدْتُمْ waladtum	وَلَدُوا waladū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	وَلَدْتُ waladtu	وَلَدْتِ waladti	وَلَدَتْ waladat	وَلَدْتُمَا waladtumā	وَلَدَتَا waladatā	وَلَدْنَا waladnā	وَلَدْتُنَّ waladtunna	وَلَدْنَ waladna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَلِدُ ʔalidu	تَلِدُ talidu	يَلِدُ yalidu	تَلِدَانِ talidāni	يَلِدَانِ yalidāni	نَلِدُ nalidu	تَلِدُونَ talidūna	يَلِدُونَ yalidūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَلِدُ ʔalidu	تَلِدِينَ talidīna	تَلِدُ talidu	تَلِدَانِ talidāni	تَلِدَانِ talidāni	نَلِدُ nalidu	تَلِدْنَ talidna	يَلِدْنَ yalidna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَلِدَ ʔalida	تَلِدَ talida	يَلِدَ yalida	تَلِدَا talidā	يَلِدَا yalidā	نَلِدَ nalida	تَلِدُوا talidū	يَلِدُوا yalidū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَلِدَ ʔalida	تَلِدِي talidī	تَلِدَ talida	تَلِدَا talidā	تَلِدَا talidā	نَلِدَ nalida	تَلِدْنَ talidna	يَلِدْنَ yalidna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَلِدْ ʔalid	تَلِدْ talid	يَلِدْ yalid	تَلِدَا talidā	يَلِدَا yalidā	نَلِدْ nalid	تَلِدُوا talidū	يَلِدُوا yalidū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَلِدْ ʔalid	تَلِدِي talidī	تَلِدْ talid	تَلِدَا talidā	تَلِدَا talidā	نَلِدْ nalid	تَلِدْنَ talidna	يَلِدْنَ yalidna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		لِدْ lid		لِدَا lidā			لِدُوا lidū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		لِدِي lidī		لِدَا lidā			لِدْنَ lidna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وُلِدْتُ wulidtu	وُلِدْتَ wulidta	وُلِدَ wulida	وُلِدْتُمَا wulidtumā	وُلِدَا wulidā	وُلِدْنَا wulidnā	وُلِدْتُمْ wulidtum	وُلِدُوا wulidū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	وُلِدْتُ wulidtu	وُلِدْتِ wulidti	وُلِدَتْ wulidat	وُلِدْتُمَا wulidtumā	وُلِدَتَا wulidatā	وُلِدْنَا wulidnā	وُلِدْتُنَّ wulidtunna	وُلِدْنَ wulidna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُولَدُ ʔūladu	تُولَدُ tūladu	يُولَدُ yūladu	تُولَدَانِ tūladāni	يُولَدَانِ yūladāni	نُولَدُ nūladu	تُولَدُونَ tūladūna	يُولَدُونَ yūladūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُولَدُ ʔūladu	تُولَدِينَ tūladīna	تُولَدُ tūladu	تُولَدَانِ tūladāni	تُولَدَانِ tūladāni	نُولَدُ nūladu	تُولَدْنَ tūladna	يُولَدْنَ yūladna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُولَدَ ʔūlada	تُولَدَ tūlada	يُولَدَ yūlada	تُولَدَا tūladā	يُولَدَا yūladā	نُولَدَ nūlada	تُولَدُوا tūladū	يُولَدُوا yūladū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُولَدَ ʔūlada	تُولَدِي tūladī	تُولَدَ tūlada	تُولَدَا tūladā	تُولَدَا tūladā	نُولَدَ nūlada	تُولَدْنَ tūladna	يُولَدْنَ yūladna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُولَدْ ʔūlad	تُولَدْ tūlad	يُولَدْ yūlad	تُولَدَا tūladā	يُولَدَا yūladā	نُولَدْ nūlad	تُولَدُوا tūladū	يُولَدُوا yūladū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُولَدْ ʔūlad	تُولَدِي tūladī	تُولَدْ tūlad	تُولَدَا tūladā	تُولَدَا tūladā	نُولَدْ nūlad	تُولَدْنَ tūladna	يُولَدْنَ yūladna

Related terms

وَلَّدَ (wallada, “to assist in childbirth, to generate”)
أَوْلَدَ (ʔawlada, “to cause to give birth”)
تَوَلَّدَ (tawallada, “to be born”)
تَوَالَدَ (tawālada, “to propagate”)
اِتَّلَدَ (ittalada, “to be born”)
اِسْتَوْلَدَ (istawlada, “to wish to have children from a woman”)

Etymology 2

Form-II intensive/causative of وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wal.la.da/

Verb

وَلَّدَ • (wallada) II, non-past يُوَلِّدُ‎ (yuwallidu)

to assist in childbirth (as a midwife)
to make children to, to cause to give birth
to rear, to educate, to bring up
to innovate, to originate, to generate, to produce
to give birth
to derive (a word)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

وَلَّدَ

(form-II sound)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					تَوْلِيد tawlīd
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُوَلِّد muwallid
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُوَلَّد muwallad
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وَلَّدْتُ walladtu	وَلَّدْتَ walladta	وَلَّدَ wallada	وَلَّدْتُمَا walladtumā	وَلَّدَا walladā	وَلَّدْنَا walladnā	وَلَّدْتُمْ walladtum	وَلَّدُوا walladū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	وَلَّدْتُ walladtu	وَلَّدْتِ walladti	وَلَّدَتْ walladat	وَلَّدْتُمَا walladtumā	وَلَّدَتَا walladatā	وَلَّدْنَا walladnā	وَلَّدْتُنَّ walladtunna	وَلَّدْنَ walladna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوَلِّدُ ʔuwallidu	تُوَلِّدُ tuwallidu	يُوَلِّدُ yuwallidu	تُوَلِّدَانِ tuwallidāni	يُوَلِّدَانِ yuwallidāni	نُوَلِّدُ nuwallidu	تُوَلِّدُونَ tuwallidūna	يُوَلِّدُونَ yuwallidūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُوَلِّدُ ʔuwallidu	تُوَلِّدِينَ tuwallidīna	تُوَلِّدُ tuwallidu	تُوَلِّدَانِ tuwallidāni	تُوَلِّدَانِ tuwallidāni	نُوَلِّدُ nuwallidu	تُوَلِّدْنَ tuwallidna	يُوَلِّدْنَ yuwallidna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوَلِّدَ ʔuwallida	تُوَلِّدَ tuwallida	يُوَلِّدَ yuwallida	تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā	يُوَلِّدَا yuwallidā	نُوَلِّدَ nuwallida	تُوَلِّدُوا tuwallidū	يُوَلِّدُوا yuwallidū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُوَلِّدَ ʔuwallida	تُوَلِّدِي tuwallidī	تُوَلِّدَ tuwallida	تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā	تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā	نُوَلِّدَ nuwallida	تُوَلِّدْنَ tuwallidna	يُوَلِّدْنَ yuwallidna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوَلِّدْ ʔuwallid	تُوَلِّدْ tuwallid	يُوَلِّدْ yuwallid	تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā	يُوَلِّدَا yuwallidā	نُوَلِّدْ nuwallid	تُوَلِّدُوا tuwallidū	يُوَلِّدُوا yuwallidū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُوَلِّدْ ʔuwallid	تُوَلِّدِي tuwallidī	تُوَلِّدْ tuwallid	تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā	تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā	نُوَلِّدْ nuwallid	تُوَلِّدْنَ tuwallidna	يُوَلِّدْنَ yuwallidna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		وَلِّدْ wallid		وَلِّدَا wallidā			وَلِّدُوا wallidū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		وَلِّدِي wallidī		وَلِّدَا wallidā			وَلِّدْنَ wallidna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وُلِّدْتُ wullidtu	وُلِّدْتَ wullidta	وُلِّدَ wullida	وُلِّدْتُمَا wullidtumā	وُلِّدَا wullidā	وُلِّدْنَا wullidnā	وُلِّدْتُمْ wullidtum	وُلِّدُوا wullidū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	وُلِّدْتُ wullidtu	وُلِّدْتِ wullidti	وُلِّدَتْ wullidat	وُلِّدْتُمَا wullidtumā	وُلِّدَتَا wullidatā	وُلِّدْنَا wullidnā	وُلِّدْتُنَّ wullidtunna	وُلِّدْنَ wullidna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوَلَّدُ ʔuwalladu	تُوَلَّدُ tuwalladu	يُوَلَّدُ yuwalladu	تُوَلَّدَانِ tuwalladāni	يُوَلَّدَانِ yuwalladāni	نُوَلَّدُ nuwalladu	تُوَلَّدُونَ tuwalladūna	يُوَلَّدُونَ yuwalladūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُوَلَّدُ ʔuwalladu	تُوَلَّدِينَ tuwalladīna	تُوَلَّدُ tuwalladu	تُوَلَّدَانِ tuwalladāni	تُوَلَّدَانِ tuwalladāni	نُوَلَّدُ nuwalladu	تُوَلَّدْنَ tuwalladna	يُوَلَّدْنَ yuwalladna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوَلَّدَ ʔuwallada	تُوَلَّدَ tuwallada	يُوَلَّدَ yuwallada	تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā	يُوَلَّدَا yuwalladā	نُوَلَّدَ nuwallada	تُوَلَّدُوا tuwalladū	يُوَلَّدُوا yuwalladū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُوَلَّدَ ʔuwallada	تُوَلَّدِي tuwalladī	تُوَلَّدَ tuwallada	تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā	تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā	نُوَلَّدَ nuwallada	تُوَلَّدْنَ tuwalladna	يُوَلَّدْنَ yuwalladna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوَلَّدْ ʔuwallad	تُوَلَّدْ tuwallad	يُوَلَّدْ yuwallad	تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā	يُوَلَّدَا yuwalladā	نُوَلَّدْ nuwallad	تُوَلَّدُوا tuwalladū	يُوَلَّدُوا yuwalladū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُوَلَّدْ ʔuwallad	تُوَلَّدِي tuwalladī	تُوَلَّدْ tuwallad	تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā	تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā	نُوَلَّدْ nuwallad	تُوَلَّدْنَ tuwalladna	يُوَلَّدْنَ yuwalladna

Related terms

وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”)
أَوْلَدَ (ʔawlada, “to cause to give birth”)
تَوَلَّدَ (tawallada, “to be born”)
تَوَالَدَ (tawālada, “to propagate”)
اِتَّلَدَ (ittalada, “to be born”)
اِسْتَوْلَدَ (istawlada, “to wish to have children from a woman”)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “ولد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ولد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Compare Hebrew יֶלֶד (yéled), Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa.lad/

Noun

وَلَد • (walad) m (plural أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād) or وُلْد (wuld) or وِلْدَان (wildān) or وِلْدَة (wilda))

child (“son or daughter of any age”)
أُرِيد أَنْ أَلْعَب مَع أَوْلادُك.
ʔurīd ʔan ʔalʕab maʕ ʔawlāduk.
I want to play with your children.
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31:
  وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
  walā taqtulū ʔawlādakum ḵašyata ʔimlāqin naḥnu narzuquhum wa-ʔiyyākum ʔinna qatlahum kāna ḵiṭʔan kabīran
  And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.
(collective) offspring, issue
(colloquial) boy
(colloquial) son

Declension

Declension of noun وَلَد (walad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَلَد walad	الْوَلَد al-walad	وَلَد walad
Nominative	وَلَدٌ waladun	الْوَلَدُ al-waladu	وَلَدُ waladu
Accusative	وَلَدًا waladan	الْوَلَدَ al-walada	وَلَدَ walada
Genitive	وَلَدٍ waladin	الْوَلَدِ al-waladi	وَلَدِ waladi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَلَدَيْن waladayn	الْوَلَدَيْن al-waladayn	وَلَدَيْ waladay
Nominative	وَلَدَانِ waladāni	الْوَلَدَانِ al-waladāni	وَلَدَا waladā
Accusative	وَلَدَيْنِ waladayni	الْوَلَدَيْنِ al-waladayni	وَلَدَيْ waladay
Genitive	وَلَدَيْنِ waladayni	الْوَلَدَيْنِ al-waladayni	وَلَدَيْ waladay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَوْلَاد‎; وُلْد‎; وِلْدَان‎; وِلْدَة ʔawlād‎; wuld‎; wildān‎; wilda	الْأَوْلَاد‎; الْوُلْد‎; الْوِلْدَان‎; الْوِلْدَة al-ʔawlād‎; al-wuld‎; al-wildān‎; al-wilda	أَوْلَاد‎; وُلْد‎; وِلْدَان‎; وِلْدَة ʔawlād‎; wuld‎; wildān‎; wildat
Nominative	أَوْلَادٌ‎; وُلْدٌ‎; وِلْدَانٌ‎; وِلْدَةٌ ʔawlādun‎; wuldun‎; wildānun‎; wildatun	الْأَوْلَادُ‎; الْوُلْدُ‎; الْوِلْدَانُ‎; الْوِلْدَةُ al-ʔawlādu‎; al-wuldu‎; al-wildānu‎; al-wildatu	أَوْلَادُ‎; وُلْدُ‎; وِلْدَانُ‎; وِلْدَةُ ʔawlādu‎; wuldu‎; wildānu‎; wildatu
Accusative	أَوْلَادًا‎; وُلْدًا‎; وِلْدَانًا‎; وِلْدَةً ʔawlādan‎; wuldan‎; wildānan‎; wildatan	الْأَوْلَادَ‎; الْوُلْدَ‎; الْوِلْدَانَ‎; الْوِلْدَةَ al-ʔawlāda‎; al-wulda‎; al-wildāna‎; al-wildata	أَوْلَادَ‎; وُلْدَ‎; وِلْدَانَ‎; وِلْدَةَ ʔawlāda‎; wulda‎; wildāna‎; wildata
Genitive	أَوْلَادٍ‎; وُلْدٍ‎; وِلْدَانٍ‎; وِلْدَةٍ ʔawlādin‎; wuldin‎; wildānin‎; wildatin	الْأَوْلَادِ‎; الْوُلْدِ‎; الْوِلْدَانِ‎; الْوِلْدَةِ al-ʔawlādi‎; al-wuldi‎; al-wildāni‎; al-wildati	أَوْلَادِ‎; وُلْدِ‎; وِلْدَانِ‎; وِلْدَةِ ʔawlādi‎; wuldi‎; wildāni‎; wildati

Descendants

Maltese: wild
→ Azerbaijani: vələd
→ Bengali: ওলদ (ōlod)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ولد (veled) (see there for further descendants)
→ Uzbek: valad

(via plural form أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād))

→ Azerbaijani: övlad
→ Bengali: আওলাদ (aōlad)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: औलाद (aulād)
- Urdu: اولاد (aulād)
→ Kazakh: әулет (äulet)
→ Ottoman Turkish: اولاد
- Turkish: evlat
- → Albanian: evlat
- → Ladino: evlad (Monastir)
- → Serbo-Croatian: èvlād／ѐвла̄д
→ Persian: اولاد (owlâd)
→ Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਔਲਾਦ (aulād)
- Shahmukhi script: اولاد (aulād)
→ Turkmen: öwlat
→ Uyghur: ئەۋلاد (ewlad)
→ Uzbek: avlod

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “ولد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Chadian Arabic

Root
و ل د
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَلِدَ (walida).

Verb

ولد • (wilid) (non-past يلد (yalda))

to give birth

References

Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon‎, N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 189

Hassaniya Arabic

Etymology

Standard Arabic وَلَد (walad, “son of”)[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [wulː]

Prefix

ولد (wull)

son (of)

References

apptek.com "Solving the Problem of Traditional Approaches to Name Matching" 'The North African Arabic prefix Ow, a variant of Ould (which comes from Arabic وَلَد (walad, “son of”))'

Moroccan Arabic

Root
و ل د
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wuld/, /wald/
Audio (file)
Audio (file)

Noun

ولد • (wuld, wald) m (plural ولاد (wlād))

boy
Synonyms: طفل (tafl), عايل (ʕāyil)
son
Synonym: بن (ben)
(in the plural) children

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Noun

ولد • (walad) m (plural ولاد (ulād) or صِبيان (ṣibyān) or صُبيان (ṣubyān))

boy

Usage notes

The plural ولاد (ulād) can mean “boys” specifically, but also “children” in general. The alternative plural is used to explicitly specify the masculine.

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

վէլէտ (veled) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَلَد (walad). The adjective is from a clipping of ولد زنا (veledi zina, “bastard”).

Noun

ولد • (veled) (broken plural اولاد or ولده)

child
Synonym: اوغل (oğul)
child (of animals), cub, pup
children, offspring, progeny
Synonym: اولاد (evlâd)

Derived terms

ولد زنا (veledi zina)

Related terms

Ottoman Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root و ل د‎ (0 c, 6 e)

Descendants

Turkish: velet

Adjective

ولد • (veled)

mischievous, crafty
impudent, audacious

Descendants

→ Albanian: velet
→ Armenian: վէլէտ (vēlēt)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ولد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2148f.
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ولد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1315b

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ل د
4 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَلِدَ (walida).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wi.lid/, [ˈwi.lɪd]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)

Verb

ولد • (wilid) I (present بولد (būlad))

to give birth

Conjugation

Conjugation of ولد (wilid)
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	ولدت (wlidt)	ولدت (wlidt)	ولد (wilid)	ولدنا (wlidna)	ولدتو (wlidtu)	ولدو (wildu)
past	f	ولدت (wlidt)	ولدتي (wlidti)	ولدت (wildat)	ولدنا (wlidna)	ولدتو (wlidtu)	ولدو (wildu)
present	m	بولد (bawlad)	بتولد (btūlad)	بيولد (būlad)	منولد (mnūlad)	بتولدو (btūladu)	بيولدو (būladu)
present	f	بولد (bawlad)	بتولدي (btūladi)	بتولد (btūlad)	منولد (mnūlad)	بتولدو (btūladu)	بيولدو (būladu)
subjunctive	m	اولد (awlad)	تولد (tūlad)	يولد (yūlad)	نولد (nūlad)	تولدو (tūladu)	يولدو (yūladu)
subjunctive	f	اولد (awlad)	تولدي (tūladi)	تولد (tūlad)	نولد (nūlad)	تولدو (tūladu)	يولدو (yūladu)
imperative	m		اولد (ūlad)			اولدو (ūladu)
imperative	f		اولدي (ūladi)			اولدو (ūladu)

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa.lad/, [ˈwa.lad]
Audio (Jerusalem) (file)

Noun

ولد • (walad) m (plural ولاد (ulād) or أولاد (ʔawlād))

boy, kid, child
هاد ولد جديد ب صفّي.
hād walad jdīd bi-ṣaffi
This is a new kid in my class.
son
Synonym: ابن (ibn)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ləd̪/

Noun

وَلَد • (valad) m (Hindi spelling वलद)

son
Synonyms: بیٹا (beṭā), فرزند (farzand)
offspring
Synonym: اولاد (olād)
boy
Synonym: لڑکا (laṛkā)

References

“ولد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“ولد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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