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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

olay.

event, happening, incident, phenomenon

4 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/oˈɫaj/
  1. event, happening, incident, phenomenon

  2. thing (a genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists)

    informal
  3. very impressive, eye-catching

    slang
    Kombinin olay resmen!
    aşko insta'da bi' çocuk bulmuşum var ya olay
Where this word comes from

By surface analysis, ol- (“to happen”) + -ay. Coined by Turkish Language Association in 1937. displaced Ottoman Turkish derivatives hâl, hadise and others.

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