चाय

Borrowed from Persian چای‎ (čây), ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/, [t͡ʃäːj]

चाय • (cāy) f (Urdu spelling چائے‎)

1. tea (plant, beverage)

   चाय की पत्ती ― cāy kī pattī ― tea leaf

2. cup of tea

• चा (cā), चाए (cāe) – uncommon

Borrowed from Hindustani Hindi चाय (cāy) / Urdu چاۓ‎, ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).

चाय • (cāy) f (Perso-Arabic چاے‎)

1. tea

   चाय च्यखा?

   cāy cyakhā?

   Will you drink tea?

• चायि दऻन्य (cāyi dạ̄ny, “teapot”)
• नूनॖ चाय (nūnụ cāy)
• शीर्य चाय (śīrya cāy)

• S. K. Toshakhani; J. Lal Kaul; Mohiuddin Hajni; Prithvi Nath Pushp; Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 3‎ (in Kashmiri), Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 101
• Omkar N. Koul; Kashi Wali (2006) Modern Kashmiri Grammar‎, Springfield: Dunwoody Press, page 68
• Grierson, George Abraham (1932), “cāy”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 179