ولد

From the root و ل د‎ (w-l-d), from Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅇𒌅 (walādum), Aramaic יְלַד‎ (yəlaḏ), Classical Syriac ܝܠܕ‎ (ilaḏ), Hebrew יָלַד‎ (yālaḏ) and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎍𐎄 (yld).

• IPA^(key): /wa.la.da/
• (Egypt) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑlɑdɑ/

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

1. to bear, to give birth, to beget

   وُلِدْتُ فِي مَدِينَة كَبِيرَة.‎ (passive voice)

   wulidtu fī madīna kabīra.

   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,

2. to produce, to bring forth

• وَلَّدَ‎ (wallada, “to assist in childbirth, to generate”)
• أَوْلَدَ‎ (ʾawlada, “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”)

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

• IPA^(key): /wal.la.da/

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

1. to assist in childbirth (as a midwife)
2. to make children to, to cause to give birth
3. to rear, to educate, to bring up
4. to innovate, to originate, to generate, to produce
5. to give birth
6. to derive (a word)

• وَلَدَ‎ (walada, “to give birth”)
• أَوْلَدَ‎ (ʾawlada, “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”)

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /wa.lad/

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

1. child (of either gender)
2. (collective) children, offspring
3. (colloquial) boy
4. (colloquial) son

• → Azerbaijani: övlad
• → Turkish: evlat

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

From Arabic وَلَد‎ (walad).

ولد (walad) m (plural ولاد‎ (wlēd) or صبيان‎ (ṣibyān, ṣubyān))

1. boy

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

• ابن‎ (ibin)
• بنت‎ (bint)
• شب‎ (šabb)
• صبيه‎ (ṣabīyi)
• طفل‎ (ṭifil, ṭufil)