چاے

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani Hindi चाय (cāy) / Urdu چاۓ (cā-ye), ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).

Noun

چاے • (cāy) f (Devanagari चाय)

1. tea

   چاے چؠکھا؟

   cāy cyakhā?

   Will you drink tea?

Derived terms

• چایہِ دٲنؠ (cāyhi dạ̄n', “teapot”)
• نوٗنہٕ چاے (nūnhụ cāē)
• شیٖرؠ چاے (śīr' cāē)

References

• S. K. Toshakhani, J. Lal Kaul, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 3‎^[1] (in Kashmiri), volume 3, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 101
• Omkar N. Koul, Kashi Wali (2006) Modern Kashmiri Grammar‎^[2], Springfield: Dunwoody Press, page 68
• Grierson, George Abraham (1932) “cāy”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 179