ሻይ

Amharic

ሻይ(1)።

ሻይ(2)።

Alternative forms

• ቻይ (čay)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاي (šāy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaj/
• Hyphenation: ሻይ

Noun

ሻይ • (šay) m

1. tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
2. tea (hot beverage made from the tea plant)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሻይ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN