сәй
Bashkir
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Сәй (sense 1)
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Сәй (sense 2)
Etymology
From Persian چای (čây),Sanskrit चाय (cāya),from Sinitic 茶 (MC ɖˠa, “tea”).
Cognate withSouthern Altai, Kyrgyz, Karakalpak чай (çay),Kazakh шай (şay),Karachay-Balkar шай,Tatar чәй (çäy),Uzbek choy,Uyghur چاي (chay),Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen çay (“tea”), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sæj]
- Hyphenation: сәй (one syllable)
Noun
сәй • (säy)
- tea (drink)
- Күк сәй. ― Kük säy. ― Green tea.
- Ҡаты сәй. ― Qatï säy. ― Strong tea.
- Байрам булды ниһә, ауылда ҡатын-ҡыҙҙар сәйгә йөрөшөр ине.
- Bayram buldï nihä, awïlda qatïn-qïððar säygä yöröšör ine.
- On holidays, women in villages would visit each other for tea.
- tea (dried leaves of tea plant)
- Таҡта сәй. ― Taqta säy. ― Tea brick, compressed tea.
Declension
Inflection of сәй (säy)
singular only | |
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absolute | сәй (säy) |
definite genitive | сәйҙең (säyðeñ) |
dative | сәйгә (säygä) |
definite accusative | сәйҙе (säyðe) |
locative | сәйҙә (säyðä) |
ablative | сәйҙән (säyðän) |
Derived terms
- сәйхана (säyxana, “tea house”)
- сәйнүк (säynük, “tea pot”)