ميلاد

See also: میلاد

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root و ل د (w-l-d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miː.laːd/

Noun

مِيلَاد • (mīlād) m (plural مَوَالِيد (mawālīd))

1. birth
2. time of birth, nativity
3. birthday
4. (in the plural) age classes, age groups
5. Christmas, abbreviation of عِيد الْمِيلَاد (ʕīd al-mīlād).
   • Louisa Alcott, Little Women, Chapter 1, Arabic translation "Dar wa Maktabat al-Hilal, Lebanon":

     الْمِيلَادُ لَنْ يَكُونَ مِيلَادًا مِنْ دُونِ هَدَايَا.

     al-mīlādu lan yakūna mīlādan min dūni hadāyā.

     Christmas won't be Christmas without presents.

Declension

Declension of noun مِيلَاد (mīlād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِيلَاد mīlād	الْمِيلَاد al-mīlād	مِيلَاد mīlād
Nominative	مِيلَادٌ mīlādun	الْمِيلَادُ al-mīlādu	مِيلَادُ mīlādu
Accusative	مِيلَادًا mīlādan	الْمِيلَادَ al-mīlāda	مِيلَادَ mīlāda
Genitive	مِيلَادٍ mīlādin	الْمِيلَادِ al-mīlādi	مِيلَادِ mīlādi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِيلَادَيْن mīlādayn	الْمِيلَادَيْن al-mīlādayn	مِيلَادَيْ mīlāday
Nominative	مِيلَادَانِ mīlādāni	الْمِيلَادَانِ al-mīlādāni	مِيلَادَا mīlādā
Accusative	مِيلَادَيْنِ mīlādayni	الْمِيلَادَيْنِ al-mīlādayni	مِيلَادَيْ mīlāday
Genitive	مِيلَادَيْنِ mīlādayni	الْمِيلَادَيْنِ al-mīlādayni	مِيلَادَيْ mīlāday
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوَالِيد mawālīd	الْمَوَالِيد al-mawālīd	مَوَالِيد mawālīd
Nominative	مَوَالِيدُ mawālīdu	الْمَوَالِيدُ al-mawālīdu	مَوَالِيدُ mawālīdu
Accusative	مَوَالِيدَ mawālīda	الْمَوَالِيدَ al-mawālīda	مَوَالِيدَ mawālīda
Genitive	مَوَالِيدَ mawālīda	الْمَوَالِيدِ al-mawālīdi	مَوَالِيدِ mawālīdi

Derived terms

• عِيد الْمِيلَاد (ʕīd al-mīlād, “Christmas”)

Descendants

• Maltese: Milied
• → Azerbaijani: milad
• → Indonesian: milad
• → Persian: میلاد (milâd)
• → Ottoman Turkish: میلاد
  • → Turkish: milat
• → Turkmen: milad
• → Uzbek: milod

Proper noun

مِيلَاد • (mīlād) m

1. a male given name, Milad

Descendants

• → Persian: میلاد (milâd)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ولد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “ميلاد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 1028

Egyptian Arabic

Root
و ل د
1 term

Noun

ميلاد • (transliteration needed) m

1. birth