Where does “آلنلق” come from?

آلنلق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آلن, from Proto-Turkic ālïn — forehead.

آلنلق (Ottoman Turkish): frontlet, any ornament worn on the forehead

Definitions

  1. frontlet, any ornament worn on the forehead

Ancestry of “آلنلق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآلنforehead, the part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline
2Proto-Turkicālïnforehead
Every word from Proto-Turkic ālïn →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آلن →