čaj

See also: çaj

Czech

Etymology

Ultimately from Sinitic 茶. Cognates include Russian чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃaj/

Noun

čaj m inan

1. tea (the dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)

   kup šáčkový čaj

2. tea (the drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)

   pila čaj

3. tea (a variety of the tea plant)

   černé čaje

4. tea (by extension, any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)

   bylinkový čaj

   mátový čaj

   heřmánkový čaj

Derived terms

• čajový
• čajovník
• čajovna
• čajník
• čajíček

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

---

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Upper Sorbian čaj, from Turkish çay, from Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaj/

Noun

čaj m ?

1. (literary) tea

Declension

Declension of čaj

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	čaj	čaja	čaje
Genitive	čaja	čajowu	čajow
Dative	čajoju	čajoma	čajam
Accusative	čaj	čaja	čaje
Instrumental	čajom	čajoma	čajami
Locative	čaju	čajoma	čajach

References

• Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

---

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (çay).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃâj/

Noun

čȁj m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏ј)

1. tea

Declension

Declension of čaj

	singular	plural
nominative	čaj	čajevi
genitive	čaja	čajeva
dative	čaju	čajevima
accusative	čaj	čajeve
vocative	čaju	čajevi
locative	čaju	čajevima
instrumental	čajem	čajevima

Derived terms

• zeleni čaj

---

Slovak

Etymology

From Russian чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaj/

Noun

čaj m (genitive singular čaju, nominative plural čaje, genitive plural čajov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tea

Declension

Declension of čaj

	singular	plural
nominative	čaj	čaje
genitive	čaju	čajov
dative	čaju	čajom
accusative	čaj	čaje
locative	čaji	čajoch
instrumental	čajom	čajmi

Derived terms

• čajový
• čajík, čajíček

References

• “čaj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

---

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian čȁj, replacing tẹ́ (which is now dialectal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃáːj/

Noun

čȃj m inan

1. tea

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	čáj
gen. sing.	čája
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	čáj	čája	čáji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	čája	čájev	čájev
dative (dajȃlnik)	čáju	čájema	čájem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	čáj	čája	čáje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	čáju	čájih	čájih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	čájem	čájema	čáji

---

Welsh Romani

Etymology

From .

Noun

čaj f

1. female child, daughter, girl (only gypsies and gentlewomen)

Derived terms

• bibiaki čaj
• bita čaj
• derini čaj
• došimaski čaj
• krališeski čaj
• kåkeski čaj
• kåle-čornengi čaj
• kålikani čaj
• phaleski čaj
• pheňaki čaj
• phureder čaj
• romani čaj
• stifi čaj
• tarneder čaj
• tarni čaj
• čajengo
• čaveski čaj

 

References

• “čaj” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.