oğlan

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Meaning

  1. boy, male child
  2. (slang) catamite
  3. knave, jack in playing cards

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
oğ‧lan
Pronounced as (IPA)
[o̞ʷːˈɫ̟ɑn̟]
Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوغلان (oğlan, “boy”), from Proto-Turkic *oglan.

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Sentences
Gelin  eşikte  oğlan
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 beşikte.

The bride is on the threshold, the boy is in the crib.

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