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velayet.

custody

7 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/ve.laːˈjet/

  1. custody

    Çocuğun velayeti babasına geçti.

  2. ownership

    archaic

  3. authority

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ولایت (velâyet), from Old Anatolian Turkish ولایت (velāyet, “ownership”), from Arabic وَلَايَة (walāya, “authority”)

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