yalan

Meaning

lie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ja.ˈlan/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یالان (yalan), from a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yala (“suspicion, lie”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (jalγan, “false, fake”), Azerbaijani yalan (“lie, liar”),
Bashkir ялған (yalğan, “false, fake”),
Kyrgyz жалған (“false, fake”),
Karachay-Balkar джалгъан (calğan, “fake, fictitious”),
Uzbek yolgʻon (“false, fake”),
Uyghur يالغان (yalghan, “lie; false, fake”),
Turkmen ýalan (“false, lie”),
Kazakh жалған (jalğan, “false, spurious”), etc.

Sentences

Yine yalan söylüyorsun.

You're lying again.

Sana yalan söylemiyorum.

I'm not lying to you.

Neden yalan söylesin?

Why would he lie?

Ağlarsa anam ağlar , gerisi yalan ağlar .

If she cries, my mother cries, the rest cries a lie.