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noun, masculine

laiton

/lɛ.tɔ̃/

noun, masculine/lɛ.tɔ̃/

brass (the alloy)

Borrowed from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).