چای

See also: چاي, چاۓ, and خای

Azerbaijani

Noun

چای (çay) (definite accusative چایێ (çayı), plural چایلار (çaylar))

1. Arabic spelling of çay

Declension

Declension of چای

	singular	plural
nominative	چای	چایلار
definite accusative	چایێ	چایلارێ
dative	چایا	چایلارا
locative	چایدا	چایلاردا
ablative	چایدان	چایلاردان
definite genitive	چایێن	چایلارێن

Chagatai

Etymology

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

Noun

چای • (čay) (uncountable)

1. tea

Khalaj

Etymology 1

Noun

چای (çâay) (definite accusative چایؽ, plural چایلار)

1. Arabic spelling of çâay (“river”)

Declension

Declension of چای

	singular	plural
nominative	چای	چایلار
genitive	چایؽݧ	چایلارؽݧ
dative	چایقا	چایلارقا
definite accusative	چایؽ	چایلارؽ
locative	چایچا	چایلارچا
ablative	چایدا	چایلاردا
instrumental	چایلا	چایلارلا
equative	چایواره	چایلارواره

Etymology 2

Noun

چای (çây) (definite accusative چایؽ, plural چایلار)

1. Arabic spelling of çây (“tea”)

Declension

Declension of چای

	singular	plural
nominative	چای	چایلار
genitive	چایؽݧ	چایلارؽݧ
dative	چایقا	چایلارقا
definite accusative	چایؽ	چایلارؽ
locative	چایچا	چایلارچا
ablative	چایدا	چایلاردا
instrumental	چایلا	چایلارلا
equative	چایواره	چایلارواره

Ottoman Turkish

چای

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá, “tea”).

Alternative forms

• چا (ça)

Noun

چای • (çay) (definite accusative چایی (çayı), plural چایلر (çaylar))

1. tea plant, any bush of the species Camellia sinensis whose leaves are picked to make a beverage

   Synonym: چای آغاجی (çay ağacı)

2. tea, a common beverage made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of this plant in hot water

Derived terms

• آطه چایی (ada çayı, “sage”)
• سیاه توز چای (siyah toz çay, “powdered black tea”)
• قالب چای (kalıb çay, “exported tea”)
• چای آغاجی (çay ağacı, “tea plant”)
• چای سوزكجی (çay süzgeci, “tea strainer”)
• چای شكری (çay şekeri, “tea sugar”)
• چای طاقمی (çay takımı, “tea set”)
• یشیل چای (yeşil çay, “green tea”)

Descendants

Descendants

• Turkish: çay
• → West Circassian: щай (śaj)
• → Albanian: çaj
• → Armenian: չայ (čʻay)
• → Azerbaijani: çay
• → Bashkir: сәй (səy)
• → Belarusian: чай (čaj)
• → Bulgarian: чай (čaj)
• → Crimean Tatar: şay, çay
• → Greek: τσάι (tsái) (possibly via a Slavic language)
• → Hijazi Arabic: چاي (čāy)
• → Karachay-Balkar: шай (şay)
• → Karakalpak: чай
• → Kazakh: шай (şai)
• → Northern Kurdish: çay

  → Lishana Deni: גׄאייה (čāye)

• → Kyrgyz: чай (cay)
• → Macedonian: чај (čaj)
• → Russian: чай (čaj) (see there for further descendants)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: чај

  Latin script: čaj

• → Slovene: čaj
• → Lower Sorbian: čaj (literary)
• → Southern Altai: чай (čay)
• → Tatar: чәй (çäy)
• → Turkmen: çay
• → Ukrainian: чай (čaj)
• → Uyghur: چاي (chay)
• → Uzbek: choy
• → Zazaki: çay

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 575
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çay2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 906
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “چای”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 178b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 466
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çay1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712

Etymology 2

چای

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čāj (“river”); cognate with Azerbaijani çay.

Noun

چای • (çay) (definite accusative چای‌یی (çayı), plural چایلر (çaylar))

1. rivulet, creek, brook, burn, a body of running water smaller than a river

   Synonyms: جدول (cedvel), دره (dere)

Derived terms

• كموش چای (gümüş çay, “Gümüşçay, a village in Biga district”)
• چای یولی (çay yolu, “creek-bed, brook-bed”)
• چایه صو قاتمق (çaya su katmak, “to do something useless”, literally “to add water to a creek”)

Çay district

Descendants

• Turkish: çay

Proper noun

چای • (çay)

1. Çay (a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey)

Descendants

• Turkish: Çay

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 574
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çay1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 906
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “چای”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[4], Vienna: F. Beck, page 178b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 466
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Rivus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[6], Vienna, column 1488
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “چای”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[7], Vienna, column 1571
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çay2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Çay”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712
• Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Çay”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[9], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 176

Pashto

Etymology

From Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑi/

• Audio:

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Noun

چای • (čây) m (plural چای)

1. tea

Persian

Alternative forms

• چایی (čāyī / čâyi), چائی (čā'ī / čâ'i), چا (čā / čâ)

Etymology

From possibly چا +‎ ـی or Chinese 茶葉 / 茶叶 (cháyè).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːj/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːj]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔj]

Readings
Classical reading?	čāy
Dari reading?	čāy
Iranian reading?	čây
Tajik reading?	čoy

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

چای • (čāy / čây) (plural چای‌ها (čāy-hā / čây-hâ), Tajik spelling чой)

1. tea

Derived terms

• شیر چای (šir čây, “milk tea”)
• چای سبز (čây-e sabz, “green tea”)
• چای کیسه‌ای (čây-e kise'i, “teabag”)
• چایخانه (čây-xâne, “teahouse”)
• چایدان (čây-dân, “tea caddy”)
• چای‌جوش (čây-jôš, “kettle”)
• چای‌گیر (čây-gir, “tea thermos”)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَاي (šāy), صَاي (ṣāy), صَا (ṣā)
  • → Amharic: ሻይ (šay)
  • → Gulay: sáȳ, sáyā
  • → Hausa: shāyì
    • → Nupe: shayì
  • → Hijazi Arabic: شاهي (šāhi)
  • → Libyan Arabic: شاهي (šāhi)
  • → Yemeni Arabic: شاهي (šāhi)
    • → Betawi: sahi
  • → Mango: sáỳ
• → Gulf Arabic: چاي
  • → Swahili: chai
    • → Mabaan: caayi
• → Aramaic: ܟ݈ܐܝ (chai)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: चाय (cāy)

  Urdu: چای (cāī)

  • → English: chai, cha, char
  • → French: chai
  • → German: Chai
  • → Japanese: チャイ (chai)
  • → Korean: 차이 (chai)
  • → Swahili: chai
• → Kalasha: čay
• → Khalaj: čây
• → Mongolian: цай (caj) ᠴᠠᠢ (čai)
• → Pashto: چای (čây)
• → Ottoman Turkish: چای (çay) (see there for further descendants)
• → Turkmen: çaý

Urdu

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/

Noun

چای • (cāy) f (Hindi spelling चाय)

1. alternative form of چائے (cāe, “tea, chai”)