övlad

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād). Cognate with Turkish evlat.

• IPA^(key): [œvˈlɑd], [evˈlɑd]

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• Hyphenation: öv‧lad

övlad (definite accusative övladı, plural övladlar)

1. child

   İki övladım var. ― I have two children.

   Övladlarımızın sağlamlığı bizim üçün ən vacib şeydir. ― Health and well-being of our children is the most important thing for us.

   1. (figuratively) child (a person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age)
      • 2009, “İqor Makeyev”, in Wikipedia in Azerbaijani:

        Özümü də bu torpağın övladı sayıram! Övlad vətəni dar gündə qoyarmı?

        I consider myself a child of this land as well! Does a child let his fatherland down in times of trouble?

• uşaq
• bala

• böyük, yetkin insan (“grown-up”)
• valideyn (“parent”)

• övladlıq