Where does “јалан” come from?
јалан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish یالان, from Old Turkic yalgan.
јалан (Serbo-Croatian): lie, deceit; forgery
Ancestry of “јалан”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | یالان | lie |
| 2 | Old Turkic | yalgan | — |