How to say "to give birth (to)" in Arabic
CognateMeaningto give birth (to)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
waladaולד
ولد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
yaladيَالَاد
How the two words are related
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
و-ل-دHebrew root
י-ל-דThe same initial ו↔י shift as in ورث/ירש ('to inherit'): walada is ילד exactly. Arabic walad (boy, child — already in this app) and mawlid (birthday) sit right beside Hebrew ילד and מולד (new moon, the month's 'birth').
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Colloquial Levantine often uses khallaf(et) — literally 'produced, left behind' — for 'gave birth', alongside walad(et).
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
Cairo: khallifit — 'she had (a child)'; wildit — 'she gave birth'.
In a phrase
The mother gave birth to a boy