औलाद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اولاد (awlād, “offspring, child(ren), descendant”), from Arabic أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād, “children”), plural of وَلَد (walad, “child; son”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɔː.lɑːd̪/, [ɔː.läːd̪]

Noun

औलाद • (aulād) f pl (Urdu spelling اولاد)

  1. offspring, children
    Synonyms: बच्चे (bacce), बाल (bāl), संतान (santān)
    आल-औलाद ― āl-aulād ― children

Declension

Derived terms

  • नाजायज़ औलाद (nājāyaz aulād, “illegitimate child”)
  • बेऔलाद (beaulād, “childless”)

References

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “औलाद”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
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