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 (łalay)
→ 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
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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