চা

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Assamese

Etymology

Assamese verb set
চা (sa)
চোৱা (süa)
চোওৱা (süüa)

Inherited from Early Assamese চাহ্ (cah), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćāhati. Cognate with Kamta চা (sa), Sylheti ꠌꠣꠃꠀ (saua), Chittagonian চা (sa), Bengali চাওয়া (caoa), Hindi चाहना / Urdu چاہنا (cāhnā).

Pronunciation

Verb

চা (sa)

  1. look, watch
    মোৰ নতুন গাড়ীখন চা!
    mür notun garikhon sa!
    Look at my new car!
    আমি টিভি চাই আছোঁ
    ami tibhi sai asü̃.
    We are watching TV.
    (Kamrupi, Nalbari):
    সহাই চাক কুনি আইহ্ছি
    xohai sak kuni aihsi.
    Look at there who has arrived.
  2. seek, look for
    মাকে জীয়েকলৈ দৰা চাই আছে
    make ziekoloi dora sai ase.
    The mother is looking for a groom for (her) daughter.
    (Kamrupi):
    মাকে জীয়াকোক লগি বৰ চাই আছে’
    make ziakük logi bor sai asë.
    The mother is looking for a groom for (her) daughter.

Conjugation

Bengali

a glass of red tea
চা (ca, tea)

Etymology

From Sinitic. Compare Chinese (chá), Rohingya saá.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃa/, [tʃaː]
    (file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕa/, [tɕaː]
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Homophone: চা (ca, second-person intimate present imperative of চাওয়া (caōẇa))

Noun

চা (ca)

  1. tea
    আপনি চা খাবেন?
    aponi ca khaben?
    Would you like tea?
    (literally, “Will you drink tea?”)

Inflection

Inflection of চা
nominative চা
ca
objective চা / চাকে
ca (semantically general or indefinite) / cake (semantically definite)
genitive চার
car
locative চাতে / চায়
cate / caẏ
Indefinite forms
nominative চা
ca
objective চা / চাকে
ca (semantically general or indefinite) / cake (semantically definite)
genitive চার
car
locative চাতে / চায়
cate / caẏ
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative চাটি , চাটা
caṭi, caṭa
চাগুলি, চাগুলা, চাগুলো
caguli, cagula, cagulō
objective চাটি, চাটা
caṭi, caṭa
চাগুলি, চাগুলা, চাগুলো
caguli, cagula, cagulō
genitive চাটির, চাটার
caṭir, caṭar
চাগুলির, চাগুলার, চাগুলোর
cagulir, cagular, cagulōr
locative চাটিতে, চাটাতে, চাটায়
caṭite, caṭate, caṭaẏ
চাগুলিতে, চাগুলাতে, চাগুলায়, চাগুলোতে
cagulite, cagulate, cagulaẏ, cagulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Hajong

Noun

চা (ca)

  1. tea
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