चाय

See also: चिया

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَای (čāy), from Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːj/, [t͡ʃäːj], /t͡ʃɑː.eː/, [t͡ʃäː.eː]

Noun

चाय • (cāy) f (Urdu spelling چائے)

1. tea (plant, beverage)

   चाय की पत्ती ― cāy kī pattī ― tea leaf

2. cup of tea

Declension

Declension of चाय (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चाय cāy	चायें cāyẽ
oblique	चाय cāy	चायों cāyõ
vocative	चाय cāy	चायो cāyo

Alternative forms

• चा (cā), चाए (cāe) — uncommon

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani चाय (cāy) / چاۓ (cā-ye), ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).

Noun

चाय • (cāy) f (Perso-Arabic چاے)

1. tea

   चाय च्यखा?

   cāy cyakhā?

   Will you drink tea?

Derived terms

• चायि दऻन्य (cāyi dạ̄ny, “teapot”)
• नूनॖ चाय (nūnụ cāy)
• शीर्य चाय (śīrya cāy)

References

• S. K. Toshakhani, J. Lal Kaul, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 3‎^[1] (in Kashmiri), volume 3, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 101
• Omkar N. Koul, Kashi Wali (2006) Modern Kashmiri Grammar‎^[2], Springfield: Dunwoody Press, page 68
• Grierson, George Abraham (1932) “cāy”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 179