чай

• čaj — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʂaj]

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чай • (čaj) m inan (genitive ча́ю, nominative plural чаі́, genitive plural чаёў)

1. tea

   Synonym: гарба́та (harbáta)

   зялёны чай ― zjaljóny čaj ― green tea

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 193:

     Усе чацвёра па-сяброўску селі за маленькі стол і пачалі піць чай пад зыркім наглядам гэтай маладой лэдзі.

     Usje čacvjóra pa-sjabrówsku sjeli za maljenʹki stol i pačali picʹ čaj pad zyrkim nahljadam hetaj maladój ledzi.

     [original: They all four gathered socially about the little table, and took tea under that young lady’s active superintendence;]

• “чай”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “чай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Borrowed from Turkic (compare Turkish çay), from Chinese 茶 (chá).

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃa̟j]

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• Rhymes: -aj

чай • (čaj) m (relational adjective ча́ен)

1. tea

• “чай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• цяй (ćaj)

Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj).

чай • (čaj)

1. tea

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• B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “чай”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Ultimately from Sinitic 茶 (chá).

чай • (çay)

1. tea

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “чай”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Derived from Turkic (compare Turkish çay), from Chinese 茶 (chá).

чай • (cay) (Arabic spelling چاي)

1. tea

From Russian чай (čaj).

• IPA^(key): /cʰaj/

чай (ț’aj)

1. (Amur, East Sakhalin) tea

• ча (ț’a) (South Sakhalin)

From Proto-Turkic *yāy.

чай • (čay)

1. summer

Seasons in Northern Altai (layout · text) · category
spring: час (čas)	summer: тьай (tʹay), дьай (dʹay), чай (čay), йай (yay)	autumn: кӱс (küs)	winter: кыш (kïš)

N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “чай”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Slovak čaj, ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá). Doublet of тея (teja).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaj]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: чай

чай (čaj) m inan (relational adjective чайов or чайни)

1. tea

   Synonym: (less common) тея (teja)

   вариц чай ― varic čaj ― to make tea

• Generally more common than тея (teja), likely due to the prevalence of Serbo-Croatian чај / čaj.

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “чай”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “tea”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 322

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕæj]

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• Rhymes: -aj

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (çay), from Chinese 茶 (chá).

The “tip” sense derives from the expression дава́ть на чай (davátʹ na čaj) / дать на чай (datʹ na čaj) (literally, “to give [some money] for tea”).

чай • (čaj) m inan (genitive ча́я, nominative plural чаи́, genitive plural чаёв, relational adjective ча́йный, diminutive чаёк or чаёчек)

1. tea (in all senses: the drink, the plant, the dried leaves, or tea-drinking)

   ани́совый чай ― anísovyj čaj ― anise tea

   кирпи́чный чай ― kirpíčnyj čaj ― brick tea

   кита́йский чай ― kitájskij čaj ― Chinese tea

   цвето́чный чай ― cvetóčnyj čaj ― rose tea

   цейло́нский чай ― cejlónskij čaj ― Ceylon tea

   кре́пкий чай ― krépkij čaj ― strong tea

   сла́бый чай ― slábyj čaj ― weak tea

   сла́дкий чай ― sládkij čaj ― sweet tea

   стака́н ча́ю ― stakán čáju ― a glass of tea

   ча́шка ча́я ― čáška čája ― a cup of tea

   пригласи́ть кого́-то на ча́шку ча́я ― priglasítʹ kovó-to na čášku čája ― to invite someone for tea

   Да́йте мне, пожа́луйста, кило́ ча́ю. ― Dájte mne, požálujsta, kiló čáju. ― I’d like a kilo of tea, please.

   • 1885, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава третья”, in Жемчужное ожерелье; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Pearl Necklace, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:

     Я получи́л из рук го́рничной стака́н ча́ю и усе́лся чита́ть де́ло, кото́рое за́втра начина́лось у нас в суде́ и представля́ло для меня́ нема́ло тру́дностей.

     Ja polučíl iz ruk górničnoj stakán čáju i usélsja čitátʹ délo, kotóroje závtra načinálosʹ u nas v sudé i predstavljálo dlja menjá nemálo trúdnostej.

     I received a glass of tea from the maid’s hand and sat down to read the case that was to begin the next day in our court and which presented me with no little difficulty.

2. (slang) tip (small monetary gratuity for a service worker)

   Synonym: чаевы́е (čajevýje)

   получи́ть чай (за что-либо) ― polučítʹ čaj (za što-libo) ― to get tipped (for something)

Compound words:

Compounds:

From ча́йный (čájnyj):

• пуэ́р m (puér)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “чай”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Clipping of ча́ю (čáju), first-person singular present of ча́ять (čájatʹ).

чай • (čaj)

1. (colloquial) methinks, must be, may be, hopefully, probably

   ты, чай, замёрз? ― ty, čaj, zamjórz? ― you must be freezing!

• невзнача́й (nevznačáj)
• ча́яние (čájanije)
• ча́ять (čájatʹ)

чай • (čaj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ча́ять (čájatʹ)

Compare to Azerbaijani çay.

чай • (čay)

1. (archaic) river

• чайрам (čayram, “shallow”).

From Persian چای (čây), from Sinitic 茶 (MC drae, “tea”).

чай • (čay)

1. tea

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “чай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

From Proto-Turkic *yāy. Cognate with Khakas чайғы (çayğı), Shor чайғы, Kyrgyz жай (jay), Southern Altai јай (ǰay), Karachay-Balkar джай (cay), Tatar җәй (cäy), Turkmen ýaý etc.

чай • (çay) (definite accusative чайны, plural чайлар)

1. summer

Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕäj]
• Rhymes: -äj
• Hyphenation: чай

чай • (ćaj)

1. tea

• L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “чай”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 717
• Yrjö Wichmann; Toivo Emil Uotila (1987), Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 278

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃai̯]

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чай • (čaj) m inan (genitive ча́ю, nominative plural чаї́, genitive plural чаї́в, relational adjective ча́йний or ча́євий, diminutive чайо́к or чайо́чок)

1. tea

   Synonym: (Western Ukrainian) герба́та (herbáta)

   зеле́ний чай ― zelényj čaj ― green tea

2. (figurative) teatime

• (tea): чайо́к m inan sg (čajók), герба́та f inan (herbáta)
• (teatime): чаюва́ння n inan (čajuvánnja)

• чаї́нка f inan (čajínka)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “чай”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “чай”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čāy.

чай • (çay)

1. river

Ultimately from Sinitic 茶 (chá).

чай • (çay)

1. tea

• Oleksandr Harkavecʹ (2000), Urumsʹkyj Slovnyk [Urum-Ukrainian Dictionary], Almaty: Ynstytut Sxodoznavstva Myžnarodnyx Vydnosyn Xarkyvsʹkyj Kolehyum, →ISBN