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ચા

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ચા

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Loanword from Classical Persian چَا (čā) or Portuguese chá (“tea”). Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ચા • (cā) m or f

  1. tea, a common beverage made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of this plant in hot water
    તે ચા પીધી ― te cā pīdhī ― Did you drink tea?
  2. tea plant, any bush of the species Camellia sinensis whose leaves are picked to make a beverage

Declension

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Declension of ચા
singular plural
nominative ચા (cā) ચાઓ (cāo)
oblique ચા (cā) ચાઓ (cāo)
vocative ચા (cā) ચાઓ (cāo)
instrumental ચાએ (cāe) ચાઓએ (cāoe)
locative ચાએ (cāe) ચાઓએ (cāoe)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Mehta, Bhanusukhram Nirgunram, Mehta, Bharatram Bhanusukhram (1925) The Modern Gujarati-English Dictionary: (with Etymology, Idioms, Proverbs, Quotations, Botanical and Other Technical Terms)‎[1], Baroda: M. C. Kothari, page 532, column 2
  2. ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocdbulario Portugues em Linguas Asiaticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 93, column 1

Further reading

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  • “ચા”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  • Ranina, N. R. (2003) “ચા”, in Rustam N. Ranina, editor, A Manual of English Gujarati Dictionary‎[2], Asian Educational Services, page 578
  • Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “ચાહ”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎[3], Atmaram Sagun, page 209
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