kalay

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Turkish

Chemical element
Sn
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Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قالای (kalay), from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, tin), possibly from Malay kaleng (tin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ɫaɪ/
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Noun

kalay (definite accusative kalayı, uncountable)

  1. tin (element)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kalay
Definite accusative kalayı
Singular Plural
Nominative kalay kalaylar
Definite accusative kalayı kalayları
Dative kalaya kalaylara
Locative kalayda kalaylarda
Ablative kalaydan kalaylardan
Genitive kalayın kalayların

Derived terms