çay

See also: cay, CAY, cáy, cây, cấy, čay, and çaý

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic чај
Roman çay
Perso-Arabic چای

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Sinitic .

Noun

çay (definite accusative çayı, plural çaylar)

  1. tea

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *čāj.

Noun

çay (definite accusative çayı, plural çaylar)

  1. river

Declension


Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish, from Persian چای (čây).

Noun

çay

  1. tea

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish, from Persian چای (čây).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑːj/

Noun

çay ?

  1. tea

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish چای (çay), from Sinitic . [1]

Noun

çay (definite accusative çayı, plural çaylar)

  1. tea (plant)
  2. tea (the dried leaves or buds of the tea plant)
  3. tea (the drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish چای (çay), from Proto-Turkic *čāj.

Noun

çay (definite accusative çayı, plural çaylar)

  1. a small river
Declension
Inflection
Nominative çay
Definite accusative çayı
Singular Plural
Nominative çay çaylar
Definite accusative çayı çayları
Dative çaya çaylara
Locative çayda çaylarda
Ablative çaydan çaylardan
Genitive çayın çayların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular çayım çaylarım
2nd singular çayın çayların
3rd singular çayı çayları
1st plural çayımız çaylarımız
2nd plural çayınız çaylarınız
3rd plural çayları çayları

References

  1. "chai." Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2006.

Zazaki

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish, from Persian چای (čây).

Noun

çay ?

  1. tea
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