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olay

/ˈəʊleɪ/

olay noun: palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a steel-tipped stylus.

Noun

olay (countable and uncountable, plural olays)

  1. palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a steel-tipped stylus
    • In the Peninsula of India, the Olay are prepared from the leaves of the palmyra palm.1885, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India

Forms of olay

pluralolays
alternative formola
alternative formollah
alternative formollay

Origin of olay

From Tamil ஓலை (ōlai).

Questions about olay

What does olay mean?
Olay means palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a steel-tipped stylus.
What part of speech is olay?
Olay is a noun.
How do you pronounce olay?
Olay is pronounced /ˈəʊleɪ/.
What is the plural of olay?
The plural of olay is olays.

Words near olay in the dictionary

  1. olations
  2. Olavarría
  3. Olave
  4. Olaves
  5. Olavsen
  6. olay
  7. Olaya
  8. Olayas
  9. Olayo
  10. Olayos
  11. olays

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