laiton

Meaning

brass (the alloy)

Concepts

brass

brass instrument

bronze

memorial tablet

plaque

yellow metal

brass section

Dutch metal

Synonyms

cuivre

cuivre jaune

bronze

or

plaque

Translations

Messing

ottone

latón

latão

messing

geelkoper

llautó

latoen

pirinç

🍚

aurichalcum

bronze

ορείχαλκος

نحاس أصفر

orichalcum

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɛ.tɔ̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: لَاطُون

Cognate with Turkish: altın

Cognate with Old Turkish: 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣

Cognate with Karakhanid: اَلْتُونْ

In summary

Borrowed from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).