καλάι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالای (kalay, “tin”) (Turkish kalay), from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, “tin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈla.i/
• Hyphenation: κα‧λά‧ι

Noun

καλάι • (kalái) n (indeclinable)

1. solder, alloy of tin and (traditionally) lead used to mend, coat, or join –typically small– metal objects.

Declension

declension of καλάι

	singular
nominative	καλάι
genitive	(καλαγιού / καλαϊού)
accusative	καλάι
vocative	καλάι
Genitive is rare. Metalls, usually in the singular.

Related terms

• καλαϊτζής m (kalaïtzís, “tinkerer”)

See also

• κασσίτερος m (kassíteros, “tin”)
• κασσιτεροκόλληση f (kassiterokóllisi, “soldering”)
• κολλητήρι n (kollitíri, “soldering iron”)

Further reading

• καλάι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• “καλάι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998