چای
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چای 
چای
Azerbaijani
Noun
چای (çay) (definite accusative چایێ (çayı), plural چایلار (çaylar))
- Arabic spelling of çay
Declension
Declension of چای
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy), ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).
Noun
چای (čay) (uncountable)
Khalaj
Etymology 1
Noun
چای (çâay) (definite accusative چایؽ, plural چایلار)
Declension
Declension of چای
Etymology 2
Noun
چای (çây) (definite accusative چایؽ, plural چایلار)
Declension
Declension of چای
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá, “tea”).
Alternative forms
- چا (ça)
Noun
چای • (çay)
- tea plant, any bush of the species Camellia sinensis whose leaves are picked to make a beverage
- tea, a common beverage made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of this plant in hot water
Derived terms
- آطه چایی (ada çayı, “sage”)
- چای سوزگجی (çay süzgeci, “tea strainer”)
- چای شكری (çay şekeri, “tea sugar”)
- چای طاقمی (çay takımı, “tea set”)
Descendants
Descendants
- Turkish: çay
- → Adyghe: щай (śaj)
- → Albanian: çaj
- → Armenian: չայ (čʻay)
- → Azerbaijani: çay
- → Bashkir: сәй (səy)
- → Belarusian: чай (čaj)
- → Bulgarian: чай (čaj)
- → Crimean Tatar: şay, çay
- → Greek: τσάι (tsái) (possibly via a Slavic language)
- → Hijazi Arabic: چاي (čāy)
- → Karachay-Balkar: шай (şay)
- → Karakalpak: чай
- → Kazakh: шай (şai)
- → Northern Kurdish: çay
- → Lishana Deni: גׄאייה (čāye)
- → Kyrgyz: чай (cay)
- → Macedonian: чај (čaj)
- → Russian: чай (čaj) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: čaj
- → Lower Sorbian: čaj (literary)
- → Southern Altai: чай (čay)
- → Tatar: чәй (çäy)
- → Turkmen: çay
- → Uyghur: چاي (chay)
- → Uzbek: choy
- → Zazaki: çay
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çay2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 906
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “چای”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 178b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 466
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çay1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čāj (“river”); cognate with Azerbaijani çay.
Noun
چای • (çay)
Descendants
- Turkish: çay
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çay1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 906
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “چای”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 178b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 466
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Rivus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1488
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “چای”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1571
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çay2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712
Pashto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
چای • (čây) m (plural چای)
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From possibly چا + ـی or Chinese 茶葉 / 茶叶 (cháyè).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čāy |
| Dari reading? | čāy |
| Iranian reading? | čây |
| Tajik reading? | čoy |
Noun
| Dari | چای |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | чой |
چای • (čây) (plural چای‌ها (čây-hâ))
Derived terms
- چایخانه (čây-xâne, “teahouse”)
- چایدان (čây-dân, “tea caddy”)
- چای‌جوش (čây-jôš, “kettle”)
- چای سبز (čây-e sabz, “green tea”)
- چای‌گیر (čây-gir, “tea thermos”)
- چای کیسه‌ای (čây-e kise'i, “teabag”)
- شیر چای (šir čây, “milk tea”)
Descendants
Descendants
- → Arabic: شَاي (šāy), صَاي (ṣāy), صَا (ṣā)
- → Gulf Arabic: چاي
- → Aramaic: ܟ݈ܐܝ (chai)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kalasha: čay
- → Khalaj: čây
- → Konkani: चा (cā), च्या (cyā)
- → Malayalam: ചായ (cāya)
- → Marathi: चहा (cahā)
- → Mongolian: цай (caj) ᠴᠠᠢ (čai)
- → Odia: ଚା (cā)
- → Pashto: چای (čây)
- → Punjabi: ਚਾਹ (cāh) / چاہ (cāh)
- → Sindhi: چانھ (čānhi)
- → Ottoman Turkish: چای (çay) (see there for further descendants)
- → Turkmen: çaý
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy), ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/