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English

Verb

alay (third-person singular simple present alays, present participle alaying, simple past and past participle alayed)

  1. Obsolete spelling of allay.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آلای (alay), from Byzantine Greek ἀλλάγιον (allágion).

Pronunciation

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Noun

alay (definite accusative alayı, plural alaylar)

  1. (military) regiment
  2. (figurative) crowd

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information nominative, singular ...

References

Further reading

  • alay” in Obastan.com.
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalaj/ [ˈʔa.l̪aɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: a‧lay

Noun

alay (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. offer
    Synonyms: dulot, dusay

Derived terms

Indonesian

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Noun

alay (plural alay-alay)

  1. (slang) syllabic abbreviation of anak layangan

Ladino

Noun

alay m

  1. array, multitude, myriad
    • 2020 April 8, Silvyo OVADYA, “Estando en Kaza”, in Şalom:
      I topi un alay de DVDs ande la mas grande partida son reportajes o DVD’s ande se konta o se avla de syertos sujetos sovre los Djudios i spesialmente sovre los Djudios turkanos.
      And I found an array of DVDs which for the most part are either reports or DVDs where certain subjects about Jews are told or talked about, especially about Turkish Jews.
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Middle English

Noun

alay

  1. alternative form of aley

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

alay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. offering; oblation
  2. act of offering

Derived terms

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آلای (alay), from Byzantine Greek ἀλλάγιον (allágion).

Pronunciation

Noun

alay (definite accusative alayı, plural alaylar)

  1. (military) regiment
  2. parade; procession
  3. celebration
  4. crowd

Derived terms

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “آلای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 32
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “alay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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