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kallaj

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Albanian

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Chemical element (edit)
Sn
Atomic number 50
kallaj
Classification data
Period 5
Group 14
Block p-block
Class post-transition metal
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالای (kalay),[1] from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, “tin”).

Noun

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kallaj m (definite kallaji)

  1. tin (chemical element)

Declension

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Declension of kallaj
singular
indefinite definite
nominative kallaj kallaji
accusative kallajin
dative/ablative kallaji kallajit

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “kallaj”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 242

Further reading

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  • “kallaj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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