قالای

Azerbaijani

Noun

قالای (qalay) (definite accusative قالایێ (qalayı), plural قالایلار (qalaylar))

Arabic spelling of qalay (“tin”)

Declension

Declension of قالای

	singular	plural
nominative	قالای	قالایلار
definite accusative	قالایێ	قالایلارێ
dative	قالایا	قالایلارا
locative	قالایدا	قالایلاردا
ablative	قالایدان	قالایلاردان
definite genitive	قالایێن	قالایلارێن

Ottoman Turkish

قالای

Alternative forms

قلای (kalay)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, “tin”), possibly from Malay kaleng (“tin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɑˈɫɑj]

Noun

قالای • (kalay)

tin, a malleable, ductile, metallic element
superficial ornament, mock, tinsel
Synonym: فویا (foya)
foul language, harsh reprimand, scolding

Derived terms

قالایجی (kalaycı, “tinsmith”)
قالایسز (kalaysız, “tinless”)
قالایكر (kalayger, “tinner”)
قالایلامق (kalaylamak, “to tin”)
قالایلانمق (kalaylanmak, “to be tinned”)
قالایلی (kalaylı, “of tin”)

Descendants

Turkish: kalay
→ Abkhaz: акалеи (akʼalej)
→ Albanian: kallaj, kalaj
→ Armenian: խալայ (xalay)
→ Aromanian: cãláe
→ Bulgarian: кала́й (kaláj)
→ Greek: καλάι (kalái), καλάϊ (kaláï)
→ Macedonian: калај (kalaj)
→ Middle Armenian: ղալայ (ġalay)
→ Romanian: călái
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ка̀лај

Latin script: kàlaj

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kalay”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2349
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قالای”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 352a
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قالای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 932
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Stannum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1591
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قالای”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3592
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kalay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قالای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1422

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