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Where does “اوغلان” come from?

اوغلان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish اوغلان, from Proto-Turkic *oglan.

Ancestry of “اوغلان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishاوغلان—
2Proto-Turkic*oglan—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *oglan →