شاي

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːj/

• Audio (Modern Standard Arabic):

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Noun

شَاي • (šāy) m

1. (uncountable) tea (plant and beverage)

Declension

Declension of noun شَاي (šāy)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شَاي šāy	الشَّاي aš-šāy	شَاي šāy
nominative	شَايٌ šāyun	الشَّايُ aš-šāyu	شَايُ šāyu
accusative	شَايًا šāyan	الشَّايَ aš-šāya	شَايَ šāya
genitive	شَايٍ šāyin	الشَّايِ aš-šāyi	شَايِ šāyi

Descendants

• → Amharic: ሻይ (šay)
• → Gulay: sáȳ, sáyā
• → Hausa: shāyì
  • → Nupe: shayì
• → Mabaan: caayi
• → Mango: sáỳ
• → Zaghawa: shay

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “شاي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Persian چای (čây), from Chinese 茶葉 / 茶叶 (cháyè).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːj/, [ʃæːj]

• Audio (Bethlehem):

  (file)

Noun

شاي • (šāy) m

1. tea