چای

See also: چاي, چاۓ, and خای

Azerbaijani

Noun

چای (çay) (definite accusative چایێ (çayı), plural چایلار (çaylar))

1. Arabic spelling of çay

Declension

Declension of چای

	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)

1. tea

Khalaj

Etymology 1

Noun

چای (çâay) (definite accusative چایؽ, plural چایلار)

1. Arabic spelling of çâay (“river”)

Declension

Declension of چای

	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	چایوارا	چایلاروارا

Etymology 2

Noun

چای (çây) (definite accusative چایؽ, plural چایلار)

1. Arabic spelling of çây (“tea”)

Declension

Declension of چای

	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	چایوارا	چایلاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

چای

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá, “tea”).

Alternative forms

• چا (ça)

Noun

چای • (çay)

1. tea plant, any bush of the species Camellia sinensis whose leaves are picked to make a beverage
2. 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”)
• چای سوزگجی (çay süzgeci, “tea strainer”)
• چای شكری (çay şekeri, “tea sugar”)
• چای طاقمی (çay takımı, “tea set”)

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Turkish: çay
• → Adyghe: 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:

  Cyrillic script: чај

  Latin script: čaj

• → Slovene: čaj
• → Lower Sorbian: čaj (literary)
• → Southern Altai: чай (čay)
• → Tatar: чәй (çäy)
• → Turkmen: çay
• → Uyghur: چاي (chay)
• → Uzbek: choy
• → Zazaki: çay

Further reading

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• 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], 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

چای

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čāj (“river”); cognate with Azerbaijani çay.

Noun

چای • (çay)

1. rivulet, creek, brook, a body of running water smaller than a river

   Synonyms: جدول (cedvel), دره (dere)

Descendants

• Turkish: çay

Further reading

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• 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], 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
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712

Pashto

Etymology

From Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑi/

• Audio:

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Noun

چای • (čây) m (plural چای)

1. tea

Persian

Alternative forms

• چایی (čâyi)
• چائی (čâ'i)
• چا (čâ)

Etymology

From possibly چا +‎ ـی or Chinese 茶葉 / 茶叶 (cháyè).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑːj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäj]

• (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):

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Noun

Dari	چای
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чой

چای • (čây) (plural چای‌ها (čây-hâ))

1. tea

Derived terms

• چایخانه (čây-xâne, “teahouse”)
• چایدان (čây-dân, “tea caddy”)
• چای‌جوش (čây-jôš, “kettle”)
• چای سبز (čây-e sabz, “green tea”)
• چای‌گیر (čây-gir, “tea thermos”)
• چای کیسه‌ای (čây-e kise'i, “teabag”)
• شیر چای (šir čây, “milk tea”)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَاي (šāy), صَاي (ṣāy), صَا (ṣā)
  • → Amharic: ሻይ (šay)
  • → Gulay: sáȳ, sáyā
  • → Hausa: shāyì
    • → Nupe: shayì
  • → Hijazi Arabic: شاهي (šāhi)
  • → Libyan Arabic: شاهي (šāhi)
  • → Mango: sáỳ
• → Gulf Arabic: چاي
  • → Swahili: chai
    • → Mabaan: caayi
• → Aramaic: ܟ݈ܐܝ (chai)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: चाय (cāy), चा (cā)

  Urdu: چای (ćāy), چا (cā)

  • → English: chai, cha, char
  • → French: chai
  • → German: Chai
  • → Japanese: チャイ (chai)
  • → Korean: 차이 (chai)
  • → Swahili: chai
• → 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: چانھ (čānhi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: چای (çay) (see there for further descendants)
• → Turkmen: çaý

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy), ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/

Noun

چای • (cāy) f (Hindi spelling चाय)

1. Alternative form of چائے (cāe, “tea, chai”)