آلاك

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Common Turkic *alaŋ (level ground, plain). Cognate with Azerbaijani alan and Old Turkic (alaŋ).

Pronunciation

Noun

آلاڭ (alañ)

  1. glade, plain ground or open space sheltered between mountains or forest trees or houses in a town or the like

Descendants

  • Turkish: alan
  • Armenian: ալանկ (alank)
  • Bulgarian: ала́н (alán)
  • Greek: αλάνι (aláni), αλάνα (alána)
  • Macedonian: алан (alan)

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آلان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 32b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آلاك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 180b
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) “ylâg الاك”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 85a