шай
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Kazakh
| Alternative scripts | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | شاي |
| Cyrillic | шай |
| Latin | şai |
| Yañalif | cai |
Alternative forms
- шәй (şäi)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
шай • (şai)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- шайхана (şaixana, “teahouse”)
Northern Altai
Etymology
From Chinese 茶 (chá). Cognate to Tofa шэй (šey), etc.
Noun
шай • (šay)
References
- N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “шай”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN