Where does “yalın durum” come from?

yalın durum (Turkish) comes from Turkish yalın, from Ottoman Turkish یالیڭ, from Proto-Turkic yalïŋ — lonely, solitary; naked.

yalın durum (Turkish): nominative case

Definitions

  1. nominative case

Ancestry of “yalın durum”, step by step

yalın durum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yalın

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyalınplain; unadorned; bare, without any quantifier or...
2Ottoman Turkishیالیڭ
3Proto-Turkicyalïŋlonely, solitary; naked

via Turkish durum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdurumsituation; status, condition
Every word from Proto-Turkic yalïŋEvery word from Ottoman Turkish یالیڭEvery word from Turkish yalın