çay
Turkish
noun
Definitions
- tea (plant)
- tea (the dried leaves or buds of the tea plant)
- tea (the drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چای (tr, ay).
Origin
Ottoman Turkish
چای
Gloss
tr, ay
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cha English
- tsaiju Finnish
- чай Russian
- чайник Russian
- чайный Russian
- чаёк Russian
- čaj Serbo-Croatian
- чај Serbo-Croatian
- ceai Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- чой Persian
- چای Persian
- τσάι Greek (modern)
- çaycı Turkish
- çaydanlık Turkish
- tsaa Tagalog
- шай Kazakh
- çaj Albanian
- چای Ottoman Turkish
- চাহ Assamese
- 茶 Chinese
- чај Macedonian
- čaj Slovak
- चहा Marathi
- *s-la Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- čaj Lower Sorbian
- čai Veps
- čaj Upper Sorbian
- čee Skolt Sami
- ᠴᠠᡳ Manchu
- چای Pashto, Pushto
- 茶 Cantonese
- ᠴᠠᠢ Classical Mongolian
- caayuq Yup'ik
- zaah Iu Mien
- cha Kapampangan
- *la¹ Proto-Loloish
- chaiyu Inupiaq
- saayu Inupiaq
- saigu Inupiaq
- saiyu Inupiaq
- сайый Alutor
- саюк Alutor
- tsaa Brooke's Point Palawano
- tʃaaj Ubykh