یالان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

یلان (yalan)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *yala (“suspicion, lie”).

Noun

یالان • (yalan)

lie, deceit
- 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎, page 500:
  بو سوزومه اعتراض ایدن بر ذاته جواب ویردم، علناً دیدم كه: - سن یالان سویلیه‌بیلیرسك، مستعدسك!
  Bu sözüme itiraz eden bir zata verdim, alenen dedim ki: - Sen yalan söyleyebilirsin, müstaidsin!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
fake

Derived terms

یالانجی (yalancı)

Descendants

Turkish: yalan
→ Bulgarian: яла́н (jalán)
→ Macedonian: јалан (jalan)
→ Serbo-Croatian: ја̀ла̄н／jàlān

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یالان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2191

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