kolay

Signification (English)

1. easy
2. (archaic) lucky

Concepts

facile

aisé

élémentaire

simple

pratique

il est facile de

Synonyms

basit

hafif

rahat

kolaylıkla

müsait

pürüzsüz

sığ

ucuz

üstünkörü

az

🤏

yalın

değersiz

elverişli

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[koˈɫaj]

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from turc ottoman: قولای

Cognate with azerbaïdjanais: qolay

Cognate with Khalaj: qolay

Cognate with gagaouze: колай

Cognate with Karaim: колай

Cognate with kazakh: қолай

Cognate with karatchaï balkar: -

Cognate with koumyk: къолай

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قولای (kolay), from Old Anatolian Turkish قولای (qolay), equivalent to kol (“arm; earlier also 'hand'”) + -ay, thus having the original meaning “handy”. Sevan Nişanyan compares the Old Turkic verbal stem [script needed] (qol-, “to want; beg”), which is also derived from the stem meaning 'arm/hand'.
Cognate with Azerbaijani qolay (“easy”), Khalaj qolay (“near”), Gagauz колай, Karaim колай, Kazakh қолай (qolai, “convenient”), Karachay-Balkar and Kumyk къолай (qolay, “better”).

Phrases

Adamak kolay , ödemek güçtür.

Il est facile à consacrer, il est difficile à payer.