والدین

See also: والدين

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn), oblique dual of وَالِد (wālid). By surface analysis, والد (wālid／vâled) +‎ ـین (-ayn／-eyn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑː.li.ˈðajn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lɪ.d̪ǽjn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lɪ.d̪ǽjn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.lɪ.d̪ǽjn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.li.d̪ǽjn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.le.ˈd̪ejn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.li.d̪ǽjn]

Readings
Classical reading?	wāliḏayn
Dari reading?	wālidayn
Iranian reading?	vâledeyn
Tajik reading?	volidayn

Noun

Dari	والدین
Iranian Persian
Tajik	волидайн

والدین • (vâledeyn)

1. parents

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: वालिदैन (vālidain)

  Urdu: والِدَین (vālidain)

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