olay

Meaning

1. event, happening
2. (informal) thing (a genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists)

Hyphenated as

o‧lay

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oɫɑj/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Üç bebek olay yerinde boğularak can verdi .

The three infants who died at the scene asphyxiated.

Bu sıradan ya da tesadüfi bir olay değildir .

"It is not an ordinary or chance event.