चहा
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).
Noun
चहा • (cahā) m
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “चहा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चहा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चहा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).