آلای

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἀλάγιον (alágion).

Noun

آلای • (alay)

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

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], Constantinople: Mihran, page 32
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “آلای”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN