velet

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ولد (veled, “mischievous, sly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈlet/
• Rhymes: -et

Adjective

velet (feminine velete)

1. clever, crafty, sly, cunning

   Synonyms: i shkathët, dredharak, dhelparak

References

• “velét,~e”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 2124b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “velet”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 499f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “velét”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 549a

Further reading

• Meyer, G. (1891) “veľét”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 465

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech veleti, from Proto-Slavic *velěti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛlɛt]

Verb

velet impf

1. to command

Further reading

• “veleti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “veleti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “velet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Verb

vēlet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of vēlō

Noun

velet n

1. definite singular of vele

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ولد (veled), from Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈlet/
• Hyphenation: ve‧let

Noun

velet (definite accusative veledi, plural veletler)

1. (dated or dialectal) boy, kid, child
2. (vulgar, derogatory) brat