اوغلان

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *oglan (children) and thus related to اوغل (oğul, son); cognate with Azerbaijani oğlan, Bashkir улан (ulan), Crimean Tatar oğlan, Kazakh ұлан (ūlan), Tatar олан (olan), Turkmen oglan and Uzbek oʻgʻlon.

Noun

اوغلان (oğlan)

  1. boy, lad, youth, a young male
    Synonyms: اوشاق (uşak), پسر (pıser), غلام (ğulam)
  2. knave, jack in playing cards
    Synonyms: باجاق (bacak), فانتی (fanti)

Coordinate terms

Playing cards in Ottoman Turkish · اسقامبیل (iskambil) (layout · text)
بك (bey), برلی (birli) ایكیلی (ikili) اوچلی (üçlü) درتلی (dörtlü) بشلی (beşli) آلتیلی (altılı) یدیلی (yedili)
سكزلی (sekizli) طقوزلی (dokuzlu) اونلی (onlu) باجاق (bacak), اوغلان (oğlan), فانتی (fanti) قیز (kız) پاپاز (papaz)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: oğlan
  • Armenian: օղլան (ōġlan)
  • Polish: ułan

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