olay

Meaning

1. event, happening
2. (informal) thing (a genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists)
3. (slang) very impressive, eye-catching

Concepts

event

occurrence

incident

happening

affair

occasion

accident

chance

🎲

episode

misadventure

contingent

appearance

circumstance

apparition

luck

🍀

occurance

phenomena

thing

trouble

act

adventure

case

coincidence

contingency

deed

destiny

example

experience

fact

fate

fortuity

instance

Synonyms

hadise

vaka

olgu

vukuat

arıza

kaza

macera

oluş

epizot

olan

fenomen

işin aslı

rastlantı

serüven

tesadüf

eylem

yaşantı

gelme

husus

durum

Translations

Ereignis

événement

gebeurtenis

evento

evento

Vorfall

evento

acontecimiento

Unfall

suceso

γεγονός

voorval

Affäre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oɫɑj/

Etymology

From ol- (“to happen”) + -ay. A 1930s coinage, displaced Ottoman Turkish derivatives hâl, hadise and others.