Where does “oğlan” come from?

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

oğlan (Turkish): boy, male child; catamite; knave, jack in playing...

Definitions

  1. boy, male child; catamite; knave, jack in playing...

Ancestry of “oğlan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاوغلانboy, lad, youth, a young male
2Old Anatolian Turkishاوغلانyouth, child, kid, teen; a young person
3Proto-Turkic*oglanchildren

Words derived from “oğlan”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *oglan →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish اوغلان →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوغلان →