औलाद

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

offspring, children
Synonyms: बच्चे (bacce), बाल (bāl), संतान (santān)

आल-औलाद ― āl-aulād ― children

Declension edit

Declension of औलाद (pl-only fem cons-stem)

	plural
direct	औलाद aulād
oblique	औलादों aulādõ
vocative	औलादो aulādo

Derived terms edit

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

References edit

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

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