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English
Verb
alay (third-person singular simple present alays, present participle alaying, simple past and past participle alayed)
- Obsolete spelling of allay.
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آلای (alay), from Byzantine Greek ἀλάγιον (alágion).
Pronunciation
Noun
alay (definite accusative alayı, plural alaylar)
- (military) regiment
- (figurative) crowd
Declension
References
Further reading
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔalaj/
- Hyphenation: a‧lay
Noun
alay (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜌ᜔)
- offer
- Synonyms: dulot, dusay
Derived terms
Indonesian
Noun
alay (first-person possessive alayku, second-person possessive alaymu, third-person possessive alaynya)
- (slang) acronym of anak layangan.
Ladino
Noun
alay m (Latin spelling)
- array, multitude, myriad
2020 April 8, Silvyo OVADYA, “Estando en Kaza”, in Şalom:I topi un alay de DVDs ande la mas grande partida son reportajes o DVD’s ande se konta o se avla de syertos sujetos sovre los Djudios i spesialmente sovre los Djudios turkanos.- And I found an array of DVDs which for the most part are either reports or DVDs where certain subjects about Jews are told or talked about, especially about Turkish Jews.
Middle English
Noun
alay
- Alternative form of aley
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
alay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜌ᜔)
- offering; oblation
- act of offering
Derived terms
Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آلای (alay), from Byzantine Greek ἀλάγιον (alágion).
Pronunciation
Noun
alay (definite accusative alayı, plural alaylar)
- (military) regiment
- parade; procession
- celebration
- crowd
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آلای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 32
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “alay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN