ઓલાદ

Gujarati

Etymology

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Arabic أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād)bor.

Classical Persian اَوْلَاد (awlād)bor.

Gujarati ઓલાદ (olād)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اولاد (awlād, “offspring, child(ren), descendant”), from Arabic أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād, “children”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.lɑd̪/

Noun

ઓલાદ • (olād) f pl

1. offspring; descendant; progeny
2. child, children

See also

Gujarati terms derived from the Arabic root و ل د (0 c, 3 e)

Further reading

• “ઓલાદ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.