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Where does “oğlancı” come from?

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

oğlancı (Turkish): sodomite; pederast

Definitions

  1. sodomite; pederast

Ancestry of “oğlancı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishoğlanboy, male child; catamite; knave, jack in playing...
2Ottoman Turkishاوغلان—
3Old Anatolian Turkishاوغلان—
4Proto-Turkic*oglan—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *oglan →