آطه چایی

Ottoman Turkish

آطه چایی

Etymology

From آطه (ada, “island”) +‎ چای (çay, “tea”).

Noun

آطه چایی • (ada çayı)

1. sage, any perennial, evergreen plant of the species Salvia officinalis

Descendants

• Turkish: ada çayı
• → Armenian: ատա չայի (ata čʻayi) — Constantinople
• → Greek: αντάτσαϊ (antátsaï) — Constantinople

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ada çayı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 107
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آطه چایی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 466
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آطه چایی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712