آلاڭ
See also: آلاك
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- آلاك (alañ), آلان (alan), الاڭ (ılañ), الاك (ılañ), الان (ılan)
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *alaŋ (“level ground, plain”). Cognate with Azerbaijani alan and Old Turkic [script needed] (alaŋ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ.ˈɫɑŋ/, /ɑ.ˈɫɑn/
- Homophone: آلان (alan)
Noun
آلاڭ • (alañ)
- glade, plain ground or open space sheltered between mountains or forest trees or houses in a town or the like
Descendants
- Turkish: alan
- → Bulgarian: ала́н (alán)
- → Greek: αλάνι (aláni), αλάνα (alána)
- → Macedonian: алан (alan)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) , “آلان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 32b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “آلاڭ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 180b
- Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) , “ylâg الاك”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 85a