चहा

See also: चाह, चाहिँ, चाहे, चूहा, चूहे, and चूहों

Marathi

Etymology

Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá). Compare Kannada ಚಹಾ (cahā), Gujarati ચા (cā), Hindi चाय (cāy), Punjabi ਚਾਹ (cāh) / چاہ (cāh), Nepali चिया (ciyā), Bengali চা (ca), Assamese চাহ (sah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕə.ɦa/, [t͡ɕa]
• Hyphenation: च‧हा
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

चहा • (cahā) m

1. tea

Declension

Declension of चहा (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	चहा cahā	चहा cahā
oblique सामान्यरूप	चहा-3 cahā-3	चहां-3 cahā̃-3
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	चहाला, चहास1, चहाते2 cahālā, cahās1, cahāte2	चहांना, चहांस1, चहांते2 cahā̃nā, cahā̃sa1, cahā̃te2
ergative	चहाने, चहानं cahāne, cahāna	चहांनी cahā̃nī
instrumental	चहाशी cahāśī	चहांशी cahā̃śī
locative सप्तमी	चहात cahāt	चहांत cahā̃ta
vocative संबोधन	चहा cahā	चहांनो cahā̃no

¹Formal, or for the addressee in the beginning of a letter, or in Nagpuri dialect.
²Archaic.
³The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition.

Genitive declension of चहा (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	चहाचा cahāċā	चहाचे cahāċe	चहाची cahācī	चहाच्या cahācā	चहाचे, चहाचं cahāċe, cahāċa	चहाची cahācī	चहाच्या1 cahācā1
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	चहांचा cahā̃ċā	चहांचे cahā̃ċe	चहांची cahā̃cī	चहांच्या cahā̃cā	चहांचे, चहांचं cahā̃ċe, cahā̃ċa	चहांची cahā̃cī	चहांच्या1 cahā̃cā1

¹For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Further reading

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “चहा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 43
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “चहा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 275
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “चहा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press, page 178
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “चहा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1157