چای
Azerbaijani
Noun
چای (çay) (definite accusative چایێ (çayı), plural چایلار (çaylar))
- Arabic spelling of çay
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | چای | چایلار |
| definite accusative | چایێ | چایلارێ |
| dative | چایا | چایلارا |
| locative | چایدا | چایلاردا |
| ablative | چایدان | چایلاردان |
| definite genitive | چایێن | چایلارێن |
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy), ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).
Noun
چای • (čay) (uncountable)
Khalaj
Etymology 1
Noun
چای (çâay) (definite accusative چایؽ, plural چایلار)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | چای | چایلار |
| genitive | چایؽݧ | چایلارؽݧ |
| dative | چایقا | چایلارقا |
| definite accusative | چایؽ | چایلارؽ |
| locative | چایچا | چایلارچا |
| ablative | چایدا | چایلاردا |
| instrumental | چایلا | چایلارلا |
| equative | چایواره | چایلارواره |
Etymology 2
Noun
چای (çây) (definite accusative چایؽ, plural چایلار)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | چای | چایلار |
| genitive | چایؽݧ | چایلارؽݧ |
| dative | چایقا | چایلارقا |
| definite accusative | چایؽ | چایلارؽ |
| locative | چایچا | چایلارچا |
| ablative | چایدا | چایلاردا |
| instrumental | چایلا | چایلارلا |
| equative | چایواره | چایلارواره |
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá, “tea”).
Alternative forms
- چا (ça)
Noun
چای • (çay) (definite accusative چایی (çayı), plural چایلر (çaylar))
- tea plant, any bush of the species Camellia sinensis whose leaves are picked to make a beverage
- Synonym: چای آغاجی (çay ağacı)
- tea, a common beverage made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of this plant in hot water
Derived terms
- آطه چایی (ada çayı, “sage”)
- سیاه توز چای (siyah toz çay, “powdered black tea”)
- قالب چای (kalıb çay, “exported tea”)
- چای آغاجی (çay ağacı, “tea plant”)
- چای سوزكجی (çay süzgeci, “tea strainer”)
- چای شكری (çay şekeri, “tea sugar”)
- چای طاقمی (çay takımı, “tea set”)
- یشیل چای (yeşil çay, “green tea”)
Descendants
Descendants
- Turkish: çay
- → West Circassian: щай (śaj)
- → Albanian: çaj
- → Armenian: չայ (čʻay)
- → Azerbaijani: çay
- → Bashkir: сәй (səy)
- → 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 (cay)
- → Macedonian: чај (čaj)
- → Russian: чай (čaj) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: čaj
- → Lower Sorbian: čaj (literary)
- → Southern Altai: чай (čay)
- → Tatar: чәй (çäy)
- → Turkmen: çay
- → Ukrainian: чай (čaj)
- → Uyghur: چاي (chay)
- → Uzbek: choy
- → Zazaki: çay
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 575
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çay2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 906
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “چای”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 178b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 466
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çay1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čāj (“river”); cognate with Azerbaijani çay.
Noun
چای • (çay) (definite accusative چاییی (çayı), plural چایلر (çaylar))
Derived terms
- كموش چای (gümüş çay, “Gümüşçay, a village in Biga district”)
- چای یولی (çay yolu, “creek-bed, brook-bed”)
- چایه صو قاتمق (çaya su katmak, “to do something useless”, literally “to add water to a creek”)
Descendants
- Turkish: çay
Proper noun
چای • (çay)
- Çay (a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey)
Descendants
- Turkish: Çay
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 574
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çay1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 906
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “چای”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[4], Vienna: F. Beck, page 178b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[5] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 466
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Rivus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[6], Vienna, column 1488
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “چای”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[7], Vienna, column 1571
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çay2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Çay”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712
- Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Çay”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][9], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 176
Pashto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑi/
Audio: (file)
Noun
چای • (čây) m (plural چای)
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From possibly چا + ـی or Chinese 茶葉 / 茶叶 (cháyè).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːj/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːj]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːj]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔj]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čāy |
| Dari reading? | čāy |
| Iranian reading? | čây |
| Tajik reading? | čoy |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
چای • (čāy / čây) (plural چایها (čāy-hā / čây-hâ), Tajik spelling чой)
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants
- → Arabic: شَاي (šāy), صَاي (ṣāy), صَا (ṣā)
- → Gulf Arabic: چاي
- → Aramaic: ܟ݈ܐܝ (chai)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kalasha: čay
- → Khalaj: čây
- → Konkani: चा (cā), च्या (cyā)
- → Malayalam: ചായ (cāya)
- → Marathi: चहा (cahā)
- → Mongolian: цай (caj) ᠴᠠᠢ (čai)
- → Odia: ଚା (cā)
- → Pashto: چای (čây)
- → Punjabi: ਚਾਹ (cāh) / چاہ (cāh)
- → Sindhi: چانهِه (cānhi)
- → Ottoman Turkish: چای (çay) (see there for further descendants)
- → Turkmen: çaý
Urdu
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/
Noun
چای • (cāy) f (Hindi spelling चाय)