والده

See also: والدة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِدَة (wālida).

Adjective

والده • (vâlide)

1. Arabic feminine singular and nonhuman plural of والد (vâlid)

Noun

والده • (vâlide)

1. a female parent; a mother

   Synonyms: انا (ana), مادر (mader)

   والده سلطان ― vâlide-i sulṭân ― title of the mother of the reigning sultan of Turkey

Related terms

• والد (vâlid)

Descendants

• Turkish: valide

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “والده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2124

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَالِدَة (wālida). By surface analysis, والد (wālid／vâled) +‎ ـه (-a／-e).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	wāliḏa
Dari reading?	wālida
Iranian reading?	vâlede
Tajik reading?	volida

Noun

Dari	والده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	волида

والده • (wālida／vâlede)

1. mother

   Synonym: مادر (mādar／mâdar)