alaylı

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== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish آلایلی (alaylı). Adjectival form of alay. === Noun === alaylı (definite accusative alaylıyi, plural alaylılar) (military, historical) An Ottoman officer without formal military education. Antonym: mektepli (“educated officer”) === Further reading === Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “alaylı²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 194