𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *oglan, equivalent to 𐰆𐰍𐰞 (oɣul, “child”) +‎ 𐰣 (-an, “plural suffix”). Cognate with Turkish oğlan, Turkmen oglan, Uzbek oʻgʻlon, Bashkir улан (ulan), Kazakh ұлан (ūlan), Tatar олан (olan), улан (ulan), углан (uğlan).

Noun

𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣 (oɣlan)

1. children

   Synonym: 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐱃 (oɣlït)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 23

     𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣:𐰚𐰚𐰜:𐱅𐰔𐰚𐰃𐰤:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃

     oɣlan:kekük:tezekin:bultï

     The children found the dung of an eagle.

Related terms

• 𐰸 (oq)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞 (oɣul)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐱃 (oɣlït)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰴 (oɣlaq)
• 𐰆𐰍𐱁 (oɣuš)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “oγlan”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 356
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ogl(a)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 60
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “oğla:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 85