تولد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ل د (w l d)
14 terms

Verb

تَوَلَّدَ • (tawallada) V (non-past يَتَوَلَّدُ (yatawalladu), verbal noun تَوَلُّد (tawallud))

1. to be born, to originate
2. to be derived, to be deduced, to result from
3. to be created, to come to light
4. to generate

Conjugation

Conjugation of تَوَلَّدَ (V, sound, no passive, verbal noun تَوَلُّد)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَوَلُّد tawallud
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَوَلِّد mutawallid
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَوَلَّدْتُ tawalladtu	تَوَلَّدْتَ tawalladta	تَوَلَّدَ tawallada		تَوَلَّدْتُمَا tawalladtumā	تَوَلَّدَا tawalladā		تَوَلَّدْنَا tawalladnā	تَوَلَّدْتُمْ tawalladtum	تَوَلَّدُوا tawalladū
	f		تَوَلَّدْتِ tawalladti	تَوَلَّدَتْ tawalladat			تَوَلَّدَتَا tawalladatā			تَوَلَّدْتُنَّ tawalladtunna	تَوَلَّدْنَ tawalladna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَوَلَّدُ ʔatawalladu	تَتَوَلَّدُ tatawalladu	يَتَوَلَّدُ yatawalladu		تَتَوَلَّدَانِ tatawalladāni	يَتَوَلَّدَانِ yatawalladāni		نَتَوَلَّدُ natawalladu	تَتَوَلَّدُونَ tatawalladūna	يَتَوَلَّدُونَ yatawalladūna
	f		تَتَوَلَّدِينَ tatawalladīna	تَتَوَلَّدُ tatawalladu			تَتَوَلَّدَانِ tatawalladāni			تَتَوَلَّدْنَ tatawalladna	يَتَوَلَّدْنَ yatawalladna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَوَلَّدَ ʔatawallada	تَتَوَلَّدَ tatawallada	يَتَوَلَّدَ yatawallada		تَتَوَلَّدَا tatawalladā	يَتَوَلَّدَا yatawalladā		نَتَوَلَّدَ natawallada	تَتَوَلَّدُوا tatawalladū	يَتَوَلَّدُوا yatawalladū
	f		تَتَوَلَّدِي tatawalladī	تَتَوَلَّدَ tatawallada			تَتَوَلَّدَا tatawalladā			تَتَوَلَّدْنَ tatawalladna	يَتَوَلَّدْنَ yatawalladna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَوَلَّدْ ʔatawallad	تَتَوَلَّدْ tatawallad	يَتَوَلَّدْ yatawallad		تَتَوَلَّدَا tatawalladā	يَتَوَلَّدَا yatawalladā		نَتَوَلَّدْ natawallad	تَتَوَلَّدُوا tatawalladū	يَتَوَلَّدُوا yatawalladū
	f		تَتَوَلَّدِي tatawalladī	تَتَوَلَّدْ tatawallad			تَتَوَلَّدَا tatawalladā			تَتَوَلَّدْنَ tatawalladna	يَتَوَلَّدْنَ yatawalladna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَوَلَّدْ tawallad			تَوَلَّدَا tawalladā				تَوَلَّدُوا tawalladū
	f		تَوَلَّدِي tawalladī							تَوَلَّدْنَ tawalladna

Related terms

• أَوْلَدَ (ʔawlada, “to cause to give birth”)
• اِتَّلَدَ (ittalada, “to be born”)
• اِسْتَوْلَدَ (istawlada, “to wish to have children from a woman”)
• تَوَالَدَ (tawālada, “to propagate”)
• وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”)
• وَلَّدَ (wallada, “to assist in childbirth, to generate”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تولد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “تولد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

تَوَلُّد • (tawallud) m

1. verbal noun of تَوَلَّدَ (tawallada) (form V)
2. genesis
3. generation

Declension

Declension of noun تَوَلُّد (tawallud)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَوَلُّد tawallud	التَّوَلُّد at-tawallud	تَوَلُّد tawallud
nominative	تَوَلُّدٌ tawalludun	التَّوَلُّدُ at-tawalludu	تَوَلُّدُ tawalludu
accusative	تَوَلُّدًا tawalludan	التَّوَلُّدَ at-tawalluda	تَوَلُّدَ tawalluda
genitive	تَوَلُّدٍ tawalludin	التَّوَلُّدِ at-tawalludi	تَوَلُّدِ tawalludi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: təvəllüd
• → Chagatai: تولد
  • Uyghur: تەۋەللۇت (tewellut)
  • Uzbek: tavallud
• → Ottoman Turkish: تولد (tevellüd)
  • Turkish: tevellüt
• → Pashto: تولد
• → Persian: تولد (tavallod)
• → Punjabi: تَوَلُّد (tauallud)
• → Sindhi: تَوَلُّدُ
• → Urdu: تَوَلُّد (tavallud)

Etymology 2

Verb

تولد (form I)

1. تُولَدُ (tūladu) /tuː.la.du/: inflection of وَلَدَ (walada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
2. تُولَدَ (tūlada) /tuː.la.da/: inflection of وَلَدَ (walada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
3. تُولَدْ (tūlad) /tuː.lad/: inflection of وَلَدَ (walada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 3

Verb

تولد (form II)

1. تُوَلِّدُ (tuwallidu) /tu.wal.li.du/: inflection of وَلَّدَ (wallada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُوَلَّدُ (tuwalladu) /tu.wal.la.du/: inflection of وَلَّدَ (wallada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تُوَلِّدَ (tuwallida) /tu.wal.li.da/: inflection of وَلَّدَ (wallada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
4. تُوَلَّدَ (tuwallada) /tu.wal.la.da/: inflection of وَلَّدَ (wallada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
5. تُوَلِّدْ (tuwallid) /tu.wal.lid/: inflection of وَلَّدَ (wallada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُوَلَّدْ (tuwallad) /tu.wal.lad/: inflection of وَلَّدَ (wallada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 4

Verb

تولد (form IV)

1. تُولِدُ (tūlidu) /tuː.li.du/: inflection of أَوْلَدَ (ʔawlada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُولَدُ (tūladu) /tuː.la.du/: inflection of أَوْلَدَ (ʔawlada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تُولِدَ (tūlida) /tuː.li.da/: inflection of أَوْلَدَ (ʔawlada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
4. تُولَدَ (tūlada) /tuː.la.da/: inflection of أَوْلَدَ (ʔawlada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
5. تُولِدْ (tūlid) /tuː.lid/: inflection of أَوْلَدَ (ʔawlada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُولَدْ (tūlad) /tuː.lad/: inflection of أَوْلَدَ (ʔawlada):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوَلُّد (tawallud).

Noun

تَوَلُّد • (tevellüd)

1. a being born, nativity

Descendants

• Turkish: tevellüt

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تولد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 613

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوَلُّد (tawallud).

Noun

تَوَلُّد • (tawallud) m

1. birth

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوَلُّد (tawallud).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.wal.ˈluð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wäl.lʊ́d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wäl.lʊ́d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wäl.lʊ́d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wäl.lúd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.væl.lód̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.väl.lúd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	tawalluḏ
Dari reading?	tawallud
Iranian reading?	tavallod
Tajik reading?	tavallud

Noun

تولد • (tawallud / tavallod) (Tajik spelling таваллуд)

1. birthday
2. birth

Inflection

Basic forms of تولد

	singular	plural
bare	تولد (tavallod)	تولدها، تولدا△ (tavallod-hấ, tavallodấ△)
definitive direct object	تولد را، تولد رو△ (tavallod râ, tavallodo△)	تولدها را، تولدا رو△ (tavallod-hấ râ, tavallodấ ro△)
ezâfe	تولد (tavallod-e)	تولدهای، تولدای△ (tavallod-hấ-ye, tavallodấ-ye△)
marked indefinite or relative definite	تولدی (tavallod-i)	تولدهایی، تولدایی△ (tavallodấn-i, tavallod-hấ-i, tavallodấi△)

^△ Colloquial.

Possessive forms of تولد

	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	تولدم (tavallodam)	تولد‌هایم، تولد‌هام، تولدام△ (tavallod-hấyam, tavallodấm△)
2nd person singular (“your”)	تولدت (tavallodat, tavallodet△)	تولد‌هایت، تولد‌هات، تولدات△ (tavallod-hấyat, tavallodất△)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	تولدش (tavallodaš, tavallodeš△)	تولد‌هایش، تولد‌هاش، تولداش△ (tavallod-hấyaš, tavallodấš△)
1st person plural (“our”)	تولدمان، تولدمون△ (tavallodemân, tavallodemun△)	تولد‌هایمان، تولد‌هامون، تولدامون△ (tavallod-hấyemân, tavallodấmun△)
2nd person plural (“your”)	تولدتان، تولدتون△ (tavallodetân, tavallodetun△)	تولد‌هایتان، تولد‌هاتون، تولداتون△ (tavallod-hấyetân, tavallodấtun△)
3rd person plural (“their”)	تولدشان، تولدشون△ (tavallodešân, tavallodešun△)	تولد‌هایشان، تولد‌هاشون، تولداشون△ (tavallod-hấyešân, tavallodấšun△)

^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• تولدت مبارک (tawalludat mubārak / tavallodat mobârak)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَوَلُّد (tawallud), from Arabic تَوَلُّد (tawallud).

Noun

تَوَلُّد • (tauallud) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਵੱਲੁਦ)

1. birth

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “توَلّد”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَوَلُّد (tawallud), from Arabic تَوَلُّد (tawallud).

Noun

تَوَلُّدُ • (tavalludu) m (Devanagari तवल्लुदु)

1. birth

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “تَوَلُّدُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• “تولد”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَوَلُّد (tawallud), from Arabic تَوَلُّد (tawallud).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ʋəl.lʊd̪/

Adjective

تولد • (tavallud) (Hindi spelling तवल्लुद)

1. born
2. generated

Noun

تولد • (tavallud) m (Hindi spelling तवल्लुद)

1. birth
2. nativity

References

• “تولد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.