چای

See also: چاي‎, چاۓ‎, and خای‎

Azerbaijani

Noun

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

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Sinitic 茶 (chá).

Alternative forms

چا‎ (ça)

Noun

چای • (çay)

tea

Derived terms

اطه چایی‎ (ada çayı, “sage”)

Descendants

Turkish: çay
→ Adyghe: щай (śaaj)
→ Albanian: çaj
→ Armenian: չայ (čʿay)
→ Azerbaijani: çay
→ Bashkir: сәй (säy)
→ 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 (çay)
→ Macedonian: чај (čaj)
→ Russian: чай (čaj)
- → Alutiiq: cayuq
- → Alutor: сайый (sajəj), саю (saju)
- → Abaza: чай (ćaj)
- → Abkhaz: ачаи (ačaj)
- → Avar: чай (čaj)
- → Bezhta: чай (čaj)
- → Chechen: чай (čaj)
- → Chuvash: чей (čej)
- → Erzya: чай (čaj)
- → Finnish: tsaiju, saikka
- → Georgian: ჩაი (čai)
- → Ingrian: caaju, caju
- → Ingush: чай (čaj)
- → Kabardian: шай (šaaj)
- → Kildin Sami: ча̄йй (čājj)
- → Lezgi: чай (čaj)
- ⇒ Livvi: čuaju
- → Moksha: чай (čaj)
- → Romanian: ceai
- → Slovak: čaj
- → Tabasaran: чай (čaj)
- → Ukrainian: чай (čaj)
- → Udmurt: чай (ćaj)
- → Upper Sorbian: čaj
- → Veps: čai
- → Yakut: чэй (cey)
- → Yup'ik: caayuq
→ 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *čāj.

Noun

چای • (çay)

rivulet

Descendants

Turkish: çay

Pashto

Etymology

From Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑi/
Audio (file)

Noun

چای • (čây) m (plural چای)

tea

Persian

Alternative forms

چایی‎ (čâyi)
چائی‎ (čâ'i)
چا‎ (čâ)

Etymology

From possibly ‎ +‎ ‎ or Sinitic 茶葉／茶叶 (cháyè).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɒːj/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔj/

Audio (Iran) (file)

Noun

Iranian Persian	چای
Dari	چای
Tajik	чой (čoy)

چای • (čây) (plural چای‌ها‎ (čây-hâ))

tea

Derived terms

چایخانه‎ (čâyxâne)
چایدان‎ (čâydân)
چای سبز‎ (čây-e sabz)
چای کیسه‌ای‎ (čây-e kise-i)

Descendants

→ Arabic: شَاي‎ (šāy), صَاي‎ (ṣāy), صَا‎ (ṣā)
- → Amharic: ሻይ (šay)
- → Aramaic: ܟ݈ܐܝ‎ (chai)
- → Gulay: sáȳ, sáyā
- → Hausa: shāyì
  - → Nupe: shayì
- → Hijazi Arabic: شاهي‎ (šāhi)
- → Libyan Arabic: شاهي‎ (šāhi)
- → Mabaan: caayi
- → Mango: sáỳ
- → Wolof: àttaya
→ 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
→ Konkani: चा (cā), च्या (cyā)
→ Malayalam: ചായ (cāya)
→ Marathi: चहा (cahā)
→ Oriya: ଚା (ca)
→ Pashto: چای‎ (čây)
→ Punjabi: ਚਾਹ (cāh) / چاہ‎ (cāh)
→ Sindhi: چانھ‎ (čānhi)
→ Ottoman Turkish: چای‎ (çay), چا‎ (ça)
- Turkish: çay
- → Adyghe: щай (śaaj)
- → Albanian: çaj
- → Armenian: չայ (čʿay)
- → Azerbaijani: çay
- → Bashkir: сәй (säy)
- → 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 (çay)
- → Macedonian: чај (čaj)
- → Russian: чай (čaj)
  - → Alutiiq: cayuq
  - → Alutor: сайый (sajəj), саю (saju)
  - → Abaza: чай (ćaj)
  - → Abkhaz: ачаи (ačaj)
  - → Avar: чай (čaj)
  - → Bezhta: чай (čaj)
  - → Chechen: чай (čaj)
  - → Chuvash: чей (čej)
  - → Erzya: чай (čaj)
  - → Finnish: tsaiju, saikka
  - → Georgian: ჩაი (čai)
  - → Ingrian: caaju, caju
  - → Ingush: чай (čaj)
  - → Kabardian: шай (šaaj)
  - → Kildin Sami: ча̄йй (čājj)
  - → Lezgi: чай (čaj)
  - ⇒ Livvi: čuaju
  - → Moksha: чай (čaj)
  - → Romanian: ceai
  - → Slovak: čaj
  - → Tabasaran: чай (čaj)
  - → Ukrainian: чай (čaj)
  - → Udmurt: чай (ćaj)
  - → Upper Sorbian: čaj
  - → Veps: čai
  - → Yakut: чэй (cey)
  - → Yup'ik: caayuq
- → 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
→ Turkmen: çaý

Urdu

Alternative forms

چائے‎ (cā'e)
چا‎ (cā)
چاۓ‎ (cā'e)
چاء‎ (cā')

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (čây). Ultimately from Sinitic 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/

Noun

چای • (cāy) f (Hindi spelling चाय)

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