ചായ
Malayalam
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi चाय (cāy, “tea”), in turn from Classical Persian چَای (čāy, “tea”), from Chinese 茶 (chá). Doublet of തേ (tē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaːjɐ/
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Noun
ചായ • (cāya)
- tea, beverage made from the brewed leaves or leaf buds of the tea plant Camellia sinensis
- Synonym: തേ (tē)
Usage notes
- The term ചായ (cāya) is the most common word used in Malayalam for the beverage. തേ (tē) is largely obsolete except in the compound word തേയില (tēyila).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ചായ (cāya) | ചായകൾ (cāyakaḷ) |
| vocative | ചായേ (cāyē) | ചായകളേ (cāyakaḷē) |
| accusative | ചായയെ (cāyaye) | ചായകളെ (cāyakaḷe) |
| dative | ചായയ്ക്ക് (cāyaykkŭ) | ചായകൾക്ക് (cāyakaḷkkŭ) |
| genitive | ചായയുടെ (cāyayuṭe) | ചായകളുടെ (cāyakaḷuṭe) |
| locative | ചായയിൽ (cāyayil) | ചായകളിൽ (cāyakaḷil) |
| sociative | ചായയോട് (cāyayōṭŭ) | ചായകളോട് (cāyakaḷōṭŭ) |
| instrumental | ചായയാൽ (cāyayāl) | ചായകളാൽ (cāyakaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- കട്ടൻചായ (kaṭṭaṉcāya)
- ചായക്കട (cāyakkaṭa)
- ചായപ്പൊടി (cāyappoṭi)
- പച്ചച്ചായ (paccaccāya)
References
- Warrier, M. I. (2008), “ചായ [cāya]”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Gundert, Hermann (1872), “ചായ [cāya]”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Kailash Nath (2019), “ചായ”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary
- https://dict.sayahna.org/#/stv/51124