वालिदैन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَالِدَیْن (wālidayn), from Arabic وَالِدَيْن (wālidayn).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.lɪ.d̪ɛːn/, [ʋäː.lɪ.d̪ɛ̃ːn]
• Hyphenation: वा‧लि‧दैन
• Rhymes: -ɛːn

Noun

वालिदैन • (vālidain) m pl (Urdu spelling والِدَین)

1. parents

   Synonyms: माँ-बाप (mā̃-bāp), माता-पिता (mātā-pitā)

Declension

Declension of वालिदैन (pl-only masc cons-stem)

	plural
direct	वालिदैन vālidain
oblique	वालिदैनों vālidainõ
vocative	वालिदैनो vālidaino

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वालिदैन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4436
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वालिदैन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 916
• Platts, John T. (1884) “والدين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1176
• “वालिदैन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.