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See also: чаи and чај

Belarusian

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Taraškievica Belarusian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ʂaj]
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Noun

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чай (čajm inan (genitive ча́ю, nominative plural чаі́, genitive plural чаёў)

  1. tea
    Synonym: гарба́та (harbáta)
    зялёны чайzjaljóny čajgreen 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-sjabróŭsku 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;]

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References

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  • 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

Bulgarian

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Bulgarian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Чай

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чай (čajm (relational adjective ча́ен)

  1. tea

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References

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  • 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

Erzya

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чай (čaj)

  1. tea

Declension

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References

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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

Karaim

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Sinitic (chá).

Noun

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чай (çay)

  1. tea

References

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

Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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

Noun

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чай (cay) (Arabic spelling چاي)

  1. tea

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Nivkh

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Etymology

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From Russian чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чай (ț’aj)

  1. (Amur, East Sakhalin) tea
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Northern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yāy.

Noun

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чай (čay)

  1. summer

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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)

References

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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

Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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чай (čajm inan (related adjective чайов or чайни)

  1. tea
    Synonym: (less common) тея (teja)
    вариц чайvaric čajto make tea

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Russian

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Чай

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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чай (čajm 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 чайanísovyj čajanise tea
    кирпи́чный чайkirpíčnyj čajbrick tea
    кита́йский чайkitájskij čajChinese tea
    цвето́чный чайcvetóčnyj čajrose tea
    цейло́нский чайcejlónskij čajCeylon tea
    кре́пкий чайkrépkij čajstrong tea
    сла́бый чайslábyj čajweak tea
    сла́дкий чайsládkij čajsweet tea
    стака́н ча́юstakán čájua glass of tea
    ча́шка ча́яčáška čájaa cup of tea
    пригласи́ть кого́-то на ча́шку ча́яpriglasítʹ kovó-to na čášku čájato 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. tip (small monetary gratuity for a service worker)
    да́ть на ча́йdátʹ na čájto leave a tip
    получи́ть чай (за что-либо)polučítʹ čaj (za što-libo)to get tipped (for something)
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Etymology 2

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

Interjection

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чай (čaj)

  1. (colloquial) methinks, must be, may be, hopefully, probably
    ты, чай, замёрз?ty, čaj, zamjórz?you must be freezing!
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Verb

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чай (čaj)

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

Southern Altai

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Etymology 1

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Compare to Azerbaijani çay.

Noun

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чай (čay)

  1. river
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Etymology 2

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From Persian چای (čây), Sanskrit चाय (cāya), from Sinitic (MC drae, “tea”).

Noun

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чай (čay)

  1. tea

References

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

Tuvan

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Etymology

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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.

Noun

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

  1. summer

Udmurt

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Чай.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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чай (ćaj)

  1. tea

Declension

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References

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  • 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

Ukrainian

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чай

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чай (čajm inan (genitive ча́ю, nominative plural чаї́, genitive plural чаї́в, relational adjective ча́йний, diminutive чайо́к or чайо́чок)

  1. tea
    Synonym: (Western Ukrainian) герба́та (herbáta)
    зеле́ний чайzelényj čajgreen tea
  2. (figurative) teatime

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Urum

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čāy.

Noun

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чай (çay)

  1. river.

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Sinitic (chá).

Noun

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чай (çay)

  1. tea

References

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