olay
See also: Olay
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editolay (countable and uncountable, plural olays)
- 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.
References
edit- “olay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editAzerbaijani
edit| Cyrillic | олај | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | اوْلای | |
Etymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editolay (definite accusative olayı, plural olaylar)
Declension
edit| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | olay | olaylar |
| definite accusative | olayı | olayları |
| dative | olaya | olaylara |
| locative | olayda | olaylarda |
| ablative | olaydan | olaylardan |
| definite genitive | olayın | olayların |
Further reading
edit- Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “olay”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language][1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 3, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 520
Gagauz
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Turkish olay. By surface analysis, ol- + -ay.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editolay (definite accusative olayı, plural olaylar)
Declension
edit| singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (yalın) | oaly | olaylar |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | olayı | olayları |
| dative (yönelme) | olaya | olaylara |
| locative (bulunma) | olyda | olaylarda |
| ablative (çıkma) | olaydan | olaylardan |
| genitive (tamlayan) | olayın | olayların |
Further reading
edit- 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
Maranao
editAdjective
editolay
Turkish
editEtymology
editBy surface analysis, ol- (“to happen”) + -ay. Coined by Turkish Language Association in 1937.[1] displaced Ottoman Turkish derivatives hâl, hadise and others.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editolay (definite accusative olayı, plural olaylar)
- event, happening, incident, phenomenon
- (informal) thing (a genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists)
- (slang) very impressive, eye-catching
- Kombinin olay resmen!
- Your outift slays!
- aşko insta'da bi' çocuk bulmuşum var ya olay
- gurl I've found a boy on insta he's hot
Declension
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Lewis, Geoffrey (1999), The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, page 97
Further reading
edit- “olay”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “olay”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “olay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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