No. 61 in Azerbaijani
olduğu
"Olduğu" means "that he/she/it is/was" or "being" in English, depending on the context.
In a sentence
Mərhəmətli olduğu üçün çox sevilir.
He/She is loved a lot because he/she is merciful.
The word 'olduğu' is used to connect the clause referring to the reason for being loved (being merciful).
Evin olduğu yerdə böyük bir bağ var.
There is a big garden where the house is located.
Here, 'olduğu' specifies the location of the house to explain where the big garden is.
Onun doğru dediyi olduğu ortaya çıxdı.
It turned out that what he/she said was correct.
In this case, 'olduğu' is part of an expression emphasizing that a statement was found to be true.
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