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Where does “velet” come from?

velet (Turkish) comes from Arabic ولد, from Arabic وَلَدَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

velet (Turkish): boy, kid, child

Definitions

  1. boy, kid, child

Ancestry of “velet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicولدto bear, to beget; to produce, to bring forth; to...
2Arabicوَلَدَto give birth
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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