cha
English
/tʃɑː/, /tʃə/, /tʃɑː/
noun
Definitions
- tea, sometimes (dialect) specifically masala chai
Etymology
Derived from Chinese 茶 (tea) derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (leaf, tea, flat thing) borrowed from Hindi चा borrowed from Urdu چا derived from Persian چا.
Origin
Persian
چا
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chasericulture English
- sericulture English
- чай Russian
- चा Hindi
- чой Persian
- چا Persian
- چای Persian
- çay Turkish
- tsaa Tagalog
- လက်ဖက် Burmese
- шай Kazakh
- চাহ Assamese
- 茶 Chinese
- चहा Marathi
- چا Urdu
- *s-la Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- ཇ Tibetan
- 茶 Mandarin
- çaý Turkmen
- ᠴᠠᡳ Manchu
- چای Pashto, Pushto
- 茶 Cantonese
- *hlaᴮ Proto-Karen
- ᠴᠠᠢ Classical Mongolian
- चा Rajasthani
- zaah Iu Mien
- cha Kapampangan
- *la¹ Proto-Loloish
- tsaa Brooke's Point Palawano
- साहा Bodo (India)
- 茶 zhx