(a. i. c. : evtâd) : 1) ağaç kazık. 2) ed. aruzda üç harften meydana gelen nazım.

اَلْوَتْدُ [el-vetd] (vâv’ın fethi ve tâ-yı fevkiyyenin sükûnuyla) ve اَلْوَتَدُ [el-veted] (fethateynle) ve اَلْوَتِدُ [el-vetid] (كَتِفٌ [ketif] vezninde) Ağaçtan düzülüp yere yâhûd duvara kakılan şey’e denir ki kazık ta’bîr olunur. Ve وَتِدٌ [vetid] 'Arûziyyûn ıstılâhında üç harfi müştemil olan cüz’e denir, عَلَى kelimesi gibi.

s. (pl. اوتاد) 1. A stake; a peg; especially, a tent-peg. 2. (dual وتدان obl. وتدین) The tragus (of the ear). 3. (Ar. prosody) A three-lettered element of a foot. 4. (astron.) Each one of the four cardinal points or signs of the ecliptic at any given moment. 5. (geomancy) The first, fourth, seventh or tenth square of a scheme. 6. (onomancy) The first, fourth, seventh, or tenth letter of a scheme. 7. (mystics) Any one of four chief saints in the earthly hierarchy, who rules the east, west, north, or south quarter of the earth as the representative of the inferior of the two Imams who act under the Qutb or Gavs, the supreme head of the order.