kertlik haq

/kertlik xaq/

Literal translation

fidelity payment

Intended meaning

A share of the father's property — land or livestock — given to a daughter when she marries.
  • Anam haripni kertlik haqın aşap qoyğanları üçün, Jabellağa men köp tırman etib turğanma, – deydi Sufyan."I have long reproached the Jabels for eating up my poor mother's marriage portion," says Sufyan.

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