آلن

Ottoman Turkish

آلن

Alternative forms

  • آلین (alın)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ālïn (forehead);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani alın, Karakhanid اَلِنْ (alïn) and Turkmen aalyn.

Noun

آلن • (alın)

  1. forehead, the part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline
    Synonyms: پیشانی (pişani), جبین (cebin)

Derived terms

  • آلن یازیسی (alın yazısı, the writing on the forehead)
  • آلنلق (alınlık, frontlet; pediment)
  • آلنلو (alınlı, having a large forehead)

Descendants

  • Turkish: alın

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “alın”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 147

Further reading

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