τσάι

See also: τσαι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای‎ (çay) (Turkish çay), either from Russian чай (čaj, “tea”),[1][2] or from Persian چای‎ (čây)[3] from Sinitic, Chinese 茶 (chá). Compare to Katharevousa τέιον (téion) from French thé for the doublet τέιο (téio).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sa.i/
  • Hyphenation: τσάι

Noun

τσάι • (tsái) n (plural τσάγια)

  1. tea (drink and leaves)
    formal, dated synonym: τέιο (téio)

Declension
declension of τσάι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative τσάι • τσάγια •
genitive τσαγιού • τσαγιών •
accusative τσάι • τσάγια •
vocative τσάι • τσάγια •

Coordinate terms
  • τσαγάκι n (tsagáki, diminutive)
  • τσαγιέρα f (tsagiéra, “teapot”)
  • τσάι του βουνού (tsái tou vounoú, “mountain tea; Sideritis scardica”)
  • * see: τέιο n (téio) (formal, dated synonym)
    τεϊομαντεία f (teïomanteía, “tasseography using tea leaves”)

References
  1. τσάι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “τσάι”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
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