قالای

Azerbaijani

Noun

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

1. 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): /kaˈlaj/

Noun

قالای • (kalay)

1. tin, a malleable, ductile, metallic element
2. superficial ornament, mock, tinsel

   Synonym: فویا (foya)

3. 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^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 352a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قالای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], 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^[3], 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^[4], Vienna, column 3592
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kalay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قالای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1422