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oğlan

Meaning

  1. boy, male child
  2. youth, young man
  3. knave, jack in playing cards
  4. (slang) catamite
  5. a male servant
  6. womb

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[o̞ʷːˈɫ̟ɑn̟]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوغلان (oğlan, “boy”), from Old Anatolian Turkish اوغلان (oġlan), from Proto-Turkic *oglan.

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