ચા

Gujarati

ચા (cā, “tea”)

Alternative forms

• ચાય (cāya), ચાઈ (cāī), ચાહ (cāh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy), from Chinese 茶 (chá). Cognate with Bengali চা (ca), Hindi चा (cā), Rajasthani चा, Punjabi ਚਾਹ (cāh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: ચા

Noun

ચા • (cā) m or f

1. tea plant, any bush of the species Camellia sinensis whose leaves are picked to make a beverage
2. tea, a common beverage made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of this plant in hot water

Declension

Declension of ચા
	singular	plural
nominative	ચા (cā)	ચાઓ (cāo)
oblique	ચા (cā)	ચાઓ (cāo)
vocative	ચા (cā)	ચાઓ (cāo)
instrumental	ચાએ (cāe)	ચાઓએ (cāoe)
locative	ચાએ (cāe)	ચાઓએ (cāoe)

Derived terms

• કાળી ચા (kāḷī cā, “black tea”)
• ચા પીવું (cā pīvũ, “to go wrong (of a clock)”, literally “to drink tea”)
• ચાખાનું (cākhānũ, “teahouse”)
• લીલી ચા (līlī cā, “green tea”)

 

Further reading

• “ચા”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Belsare, Malhar (1981) “ચા”, in ગુજરાતી-અંગ્રેજી ડિકશનરી [Etymological Gujarati-English Dictionary]‎^[1], Asian Educational Services, page 425
• Ranina, N. R. (2003) “ચા”, in Rustam N. Ranina, editor, A Manual of English Gujarati Dictionary‎^[2], Asian Educational Services, page 578
• Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “ચાહ”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎^[3], Atmaram Sagun, page 209