oyan

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oyan (plural oyans)

1. (uncommon) The African linsang (Poiana spp.).
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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اویان (oyan, “bridle”), itself from Proto-Turkic *yügen (“bridle”).

oyan (definite accusative oyanı, plural oyanlar)

1. bridle, the headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “oyan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3654