ꠍꠣ
Sylheti
/sa/
noun
Definitions
- tea
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian چای (tea) derived from Chinese 茶 (tea).
Origin
Chinese
茶
Gloss
tea
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
茶
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cha English
- чай Russian
- चाय Sanskrit
- شاي Arabic
- चाय Hindi
- चायवाला Hindi
- чой Persian
- چای Persian
- چایخانه Persian
- çay Turkish
- tsaa Tagalog
- шай Kazakh
- چای Ottoman Turkish
- চাহ Assamese
- चाय Chinese
- 茶 Chinese
- 茶葉 Chinese
- chai Swahili
- चहा Marathi
- চা Bengali
- چای Urdu
- *s-la Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- çay Northern Kurdish
- chay Ladino
- גאיי Ladino
- شاهي Hijazi Arabic
- çay Crimean Tatar
- چاي Gulf Arabic
- ᠴᠠᡳ Manchu
- چای Pashto, Pushto
- сәй Middle Chinese
- çay Zazaki
- 茶 Cantonese
- ᠴᠠᠢ Classical Mongolian
- zaah Iu Mien
- ᱪᱟ Santali
- ચાય Kachchi
- cha Kapampangan
- *la¹ Proto-Loloish
- tsaa Brooke's Point Palawano
- شاهي Libyan Arabic
- cai Ngazidja Comorian