Where does “yalan dolan” come from?

yalan dolan (Turkish) comes from Turkish yalan, from Ottoman Turkish یالان, from Old Turkic yalgan.

yalan dolan (Turkish): lies, shenanigans

Definitions

  1. lies, shenanigans

Ancestry of “yalan dolan”, step by step

yalan dolan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yalan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyalanlie
2Ottoman Turkishیالانlie
3Old Turkicyalgan—

via Turkish dolamak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdolamakto wind, wrap, wrap around; to twist, whirl,...
2Ottoman Turkishطولامقto wrap around; to twist, wind round about a...
3Proto-Turkic*tolga-—
Every word from Old Turkic yalgan →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یالان →Every word from Turkish yalan →