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olay

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English

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Etymology

From Tamil ஓலை (ōlai).

Pronunciation

Noun

olay (countable and uncountable, plural olays)

  1. palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a steel-tipped stylus
    • 1885, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India:
      In the Peninsula of India, the Olay are prepared from the leaves of the palmyra palm.

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish olay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oɫɑj]
  • Hyphenation: o‧lay
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Noun

olay (definite accusative olayı, plural olaylar)

  1. event, happening
    Synonym: hadisə

Declension

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Gagauz

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish olay. By surface analysis, ol- + -ay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u̯oˈɫɑj/
  • Hyphenation: o‧lay

Noun

olay (definite accusative olayı, plural olaylar)

  1. event, incident

Declension

More information singular (tekil), plural (çoğul) ...

Further reading

  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “olay”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 122
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Maranao

Adjective

olay

  1. old

Turkish

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