chay
See also: Chay, cháy, chày, chấy, chảy, and chạy
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: chā, IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology 1
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Noun
chay (plural chays)
- (archaic, colloquial) A chaise (horse-drawn carriage).
Etymology 2
From Pitman jay, which it is related to graphically, and the sound it represents.
Noun
chay (plural chays)
- The letter ⟨/⟩, which stands for the ch sound /tʃ/, in Pitman shorthand.
Anagrams
- achy
Ch'orti'
Noun
chay
- fish
References
- Hull, Kerry (2005) An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya
Ladino
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian چای (čây).
Noun
chay m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גאיי)
- tea
Manx
Noun
chay f
- Lenited form of kay.
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| kay | chay | gay |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Quechua
Determiner
chay
- (medial) that
See also
- kay
- haqay
Tzeltal
Noun
chay
- fish
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 齋 (“vegetarian”, SV: trai).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ca(ː)j˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun
(classifier cây) chay • (𣙮)
- Artocarpus tonkinensis A Cheval (a tree in the mulberry family)
Adjective
chay • (齋, 𡄡)
- vegetarian or in accordance with Buddhist dietary principles
- ăn chay
- to practise vegetarianism; to go vegetarian
- bia chay
- non-alcoholic beer
- Bạn có biết nấu chả giò chay không?
- Do you know how to cook vegetarian spring rolls?
Derived terms
Derived terms
- thuần chay (純齋) "vegan"
Adverb
chay • (𡄡)
- (colloquial) in an ordinary, even lackluster, way; without special aids or equipment