آلای

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἀλάγιον (alágion).

Noun

آلای • (alay)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: alay
  • Armenian: ալայ (alay)
  • Laz: ალაჲი (alayi), ალაჲიცო (alayiʒo)
  • Northern Kurdish: alayî
  • Romanian: alai

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آلای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 32
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “آلای”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آلای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 181a
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN