kalas

Meaning

Noun

A thick and long wood plank or beam, used for construction.

Adj

rude, crass, unrefined

Concepts

badmash

buffoon

panderer

rascal

ruffian

thug

yob

Synonyms

bıçkın

fıçı tahtası

kiriş

🪢

külhanbeyi

mertek

tahta

holigan

Translations

Brett

Planke

madrier

Bohle

poutre

Grobian

Rohling

Bretter

Rauhbein

Raubein

Planken

Rowdy

Rüpel

Zuhälter

Bohlen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈɫas/

Etymology

Named after the town of Galați in the historic region of Moldavia for the timber imported from the region, from Ottoman Turkish قلاص (ḳalaṣ, “the town of Galați in Moldavia, name of many kinds of building timber imported”) or غلاص (ġalaṣ, “Galați on the lower Danube, pine or fir plank brought from the vicinity”).