ჩაჲი

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Etymology

From Sinitic (chá).

Noun

ჩაჲი (çayi) (Latin spelling çayi)

  1. tea
    1. tea plant
      ალი-ოსმანიქ ჩაჲიზ გჲუბრე გოშუბღამს
      ali-osmanik çayiz gyubre goşubğams
      Ali Osmani is pouring fertilizer into the tea
    2. tea leaf
      ბაბაქ “ჩაჲი ბოწილაფარე” ჲა დო ჰამ კოჩეფე მცუდიში გოთორუმს
      babak “çayi boǯilapare” ya do ham ǩoçepe mʒudişi gotorums
      My father is making these men walk around unnecessarily, saying "I will make them harvest tea"
    3. (beverage) tea
      ჩაჲი-შკიმი არ ქენჭი დოლვოტოჩაჲ
      çayi-şǩimi ar kenç̌i dolvoťoçay
      Let him/her throw a cube of sugar in my tea
  2. The place where the tea tree grows
    Synonym: ჩაჲლუღი (çayluği)
    ზელიხაზ ნაკო ჶარა რენ ჩაჲიზ მოდვალუ გუნდუნუნ
    zelixaz naǩo fara ren çayiz modvalu gundunun
    Zelikha keeps losing her shoes in tea

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çayi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩაი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi spelled as ჩაი (çai)