چای
See also: چاي, چاۓ, and خای
Azerbaijani
Noun
چای (çay) (definite accusative چایێ (çayı), plural چایلار (çaylar))
- Arabic spelling of çay
Declension
Declension of چای
singular | plural | |
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nominative | چای | چایلار |
definite accusative | چایێ | چایلارێ |
dative | چایا | چایلارا |
locative | چایدا | چایلاردا |
ablative | چایدان | چایلاردان |
definite genitive | چایێن | چایلارێن |
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
From Sinitic 茶.
Alternative forms
- چا (ça)
Noun
چای • (çay)
- tea
Derived terms
- اطه چایی (ada çayı, “sage”)
Descendants
- Turkish: çay
- → Adyghe: щай (śaaj)
- → Albanian: çaj
- → Armenian: չայ (čʿay)
- → Azerbaijani: çay
- → Bashkir: сәй (säy)
- → 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 (çay)
- → Macedonian: чај (čaj)
- → Russian: чай (čaj)
- → Alutiiq: cayuq
- → Alutor: сайый (sajəj), саю (saju)
- → Abaza: чай (ćaj)
- → Abkhaz: ачаи (ačaj)
- → Avar: чай (čaj)
- → Bezhta: чай (čaj)
- → Chechen: чай (čaj)
- → Chuvash: чей (čej)
- → Erzya: чай (čaj)
- → Finnish: tsaiju, saikka
- → Georgian: ჩაი (čai)
- → Ingrian: caaju, caju
- → Ingush: чай (čaj)
- → Kabardian: шай (šaaj)
- → Kildin Sami: ча̄йй (čājj)
- → Lezgi: чай (čaj)
- ⇒ Livvi: čuaju
- → Moksha: чай (čaj)
- → Romanian: ceai
- → Slovak: čaj
- → Tabasaran: чай (čaj)
- → Ukrainian: чай (čaj)
- → Udmurt: чай (ćaj)
- → Upper Sorbian: čaj
- → Veps: čai
- → Yakut: чэй (çey)
- → Yup'ik: caayuq
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чај
- Latin: čaj
- → Slovene: čaj
- → Lower Sorbian: čaj (literary)
- → Southern Altai: чай (čay)
- → Tatar: чәй (çäy)
- → Turkmen: çay
- → Uyghur: چاي (chay)
- → Uzbek: choy
- → Zazaki: çay
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *čāj.
Noun
چای • (çay)
- rivulet
Descendants
- Turkish: çay
Pashto
Etymology
From Chinese 茶 (chá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑi/
Audio (file)
Noun
چای • (čây) m (plural چای)
- tea
Persian
Alternative forms
- چایی (čâyi)
- چائی (čâ'i)
- چا (čâ)
Etymology
From possibly چا + ـی or Sinitic 茶葉 (cháyè).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Dari | چای |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | чой (čoy) |
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /t͡ʃɒːj/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /t͡ʃɒːj/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔːj/
Noun
چای • (čây) (plural چایها (čây-hâ))
- tea
Derived terms
- چایخانه (čâyxâne)
- چایدان (čâydân)
- چای سبز (čây-e-sabz)
- چای کیسهای (čây-e-kise-i)
Descendants
- → Arabic: شَاي (šāy), صَاي (ṣāy), صَا (ṣā)
- → Aramaic: ܟ݈ܐܝ (chai)
- → Hijazi Arabic: شاهي (šāhi)
- → Libyan Arabic: شاهي (šāhi)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: चाय (cāy), चा (cā)
- Urdu: چای (ćāy), چا (cā)
- → English: chai, cha, char
- → French: chai
- → German: Chai
- → Japanese: チャイ (chai)
- → Korean: 차이 (chai)
- → Swahili: chai
- → Kalasha: čay
- → Konkani: चा (cā), च्या (cyā)
- → Malayalam: ചായ (cāya)
- → Marathi: चहा (cahā)
- → Oriya: ଚା (ca)
- → Pashto: چای (čây)
- → Punjabi: ਚਾਹ (cāh) / چاہ (cāh)
- → Sindhi: چانھ (čānhi)
- → Ottoman Turkish: چای (çay), چا (ça)
- Turkish: çay
- → Adyghe: щай (śaaj)
- → Albanian: çaj
- → Armenian: չայ (čʿay)
- → Azerbaijani: çay
- → Bashkir: сәй (säy)
- → 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 (çay)
- → Macedonian: чај (čaj)
- → Russian: чай (čaj)
- → Alutiiq: cayuq
- → Alutor: сайый (sajəj), саю (saju)
- → Abaza: чай (ćaj)
- → Abkhaz: ачаи (ačaj)
- → Avar: чай (čaj)
- → Bezhta: чай (čaj)
- → Chechen: чай (čaj)
- → Chuvash: чей (čej)
- → Erzya: чай (čaj)
- → Finnish: tsaiju, saikka
- → Georgian: ჩაი (čai)
- → Ingrian: caaju, caju
- → Ingush: чай (čaj)
- → Kabardian: шай (šaaj)
- → Kildin Sami: ча̄йй (čājj)
- → Lezgi: чай (čaj)
- ⇒ Livvi: čuaju
- → Moksha: чай (čaj)
- → Romanian: ceai
- → Slovak: čaj
- → Tabasaran: чай (čaj)
- → Ukrainian: чай (čaj)
- → Udmurt: чай (ćaj)
- → Upper Sorbian: čaj
- → Veps: čai
- → Yakut: чэй (çey)
- → Yup'ik: caayuq
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чај
- Latin: čaj
- → Slovene: čaj
- → Lower Sorbian: čaj (literary)
- → Southern Altai: чай (čay)
- → Tatar: чәй (çäy)
- → Turkmen: çay
- → Uyghur: چاي (chay)
- → Uzbek: choy
- → Zazaki: çay
- → Turkmen: çaý
Urdu
Alternative forms
- چائے (cā'e)
- چا (cā)
- چاۓ (cā'e)
- چاء (cā')
Etymology
From Persian چای (čây). Ultimately from Sinitic 茶.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/
Noun
چای • (cāy) f (Hindi spelling चाय)
- tea
- cha
- chai