τσάι
See also: τσαι
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (çay) (Turkish çay), either from Russian чай (čaj, “tea”),[1][2] or from Persian چای (čāy)[3] from Sinitic, Chinese 茶 (chá). Compare to Katharevousa τέιον (téion) from French thé for the doublet τέιο (téio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sa.i/
- Hyphenation: τσάι
Noun
τσάι • (tsái) n (plural τσάγια)
- tea (drink and leaves)
- formal, dated synonym: τέιο (téio)
Declension
declension of τσάι
| case \\ number | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τσάι • | τσάγια • |
| genitive | τσαγιού • | τσαγιών • |
| accusative | τσάι • | τσάγια • |
| vocative | τσάι • | τσάγια • |
Coordinate terms
- χαμομήλι n (chamomíli, “camomile tea”)
Related terms
- τσαγάκι n (tsagáki, diminutive)
- τσαγιέρα f (tsagiéra, “teapot”)
- τσάι του βουνού (tsái tou vounoú, “mountain tea; Sideritis scardica”)
- * see: τέιο n (téio) (formal, dated synonym)
τεϊομαντεία f (teïomanteía, “tasseography using tea leaves”)
References
- τσάι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “τσάι”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
τσάι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el