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jalan

//jǎlaːn/ | /jǎlan/ | /jǎːlan/ | /jǎlaːn/ | /jǎlan//
Serbo-Croatiannounadj
Ћирилица: јаланone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    lie, deceit, fraud
  2. 2.
    forgery, fake
  3. 3.
    false, fake, phony, counterfeit
  4. 4.
    envious

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یالان (yalan, “lie”).

Forms

  • jàlāncanonical • inanimate • masculine
  • ја̀ла̄нcyrillic

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