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Amharic
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَاي (šāy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃaj/
- Hyphenation: ሻይ
Noun
ሻይ • (šay) m
- tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
- tea (hot beverage made from the tea plant)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሻይ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN