waalid

What waalid means

waalid is written والد in the Urdu script (with diacritics: والِد) and means father (formal) in English. It is taught in the Family lessons under Core Family.

Forms of waalid

waalid is masculine and does not end in -a, so it stays waalid before a postposition.

Gender is taken from the course word list. The postposition rule is explained on the postpositions page, and how gender works on the noun gender page.

waalid in example sentences

• اس کا والد ایک انگریز مڈل کلاس آدمی ہے۔

  Her father is a middle-class English man. Tatoeba #12486902

• میرے والد کو گزرے ہوئے پانچ سال ہو گئے ہے۔

  Five years have gone by since my father died. Tatoeba #1652137

• میرے والد عشائیہ کے بعد عموماً ٹی وی دیکھتے ہے۔

  My father usually watches television after dinner. Tatoeba #4255499

3 of 7 Tatoeba sentences that use waalid in this sense. Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed CC BY 2.0 FR. Contributors are named on each sentence page.

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