Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/oglan

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

Most likely from *ogul (“boy; son”) +‎ *-an (“ancient plural-forming suffix”). Also cognate with *oglak (“yeanling”).

Noun

*oglan

1. boy

Descendants

• Oghuz:
  • Azerbaijani: oğlan
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغلان
    • Turkish: oğlan
    • → Armenian: օղլան (ōġlan)
    • → Polish: ułan
  • Turkmen: oglan
  • Salar: oğlan
• Karluk
  • Uzbek: oʻgʻlon
• Kipchak:
  • North Kipchak
    • Bashkir: улан (ulan)
    • Tatar: олан (olan), улан (ulan)
  • South Kipchak
    • Kazakh: ұлан (ūlan), Ұлан (Ūlan)
  • West Kipchak
    • Kumyk: улан (ulan)
  • East Kipchak
    • Kyrgyz: улан (ulan)
    • Southern Altai: уулан (uulan)
• Siberian
  • Old Turkic: 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣 (uǧl¹n¹)