calin

From French calin, calain, from Portuguese calaim, from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy).

calin (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) An alloy of lead and tin, from the Far East.

• “calin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• linac

calin

1. inflection of calar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

calin (Raguileo spelling)

1. to greet

Borrowed from French câlin.

calin m or n (feminine singular calină, masculine plural calini, feminine and neuter plural caline)

1. cuddly