یالان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• یلان (yalan)

Etymology

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

Noun

یالان • (yalan)

1. lie, deceit
   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎^[1], 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)

2. 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^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2191