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Cay

Cay

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Noun.
See
Key
, a ledge.

Definition 2024


çay

çay

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

Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic чај
Roman çay
Perso-Arabic چای

Noun

çay (definite accusative çayı, plural çaylar)

  1. tea

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *čāj.

Noun

çay (definite accusative çayı, plural çaylar)

  1. river

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Ultimately, from Sinitic .

Noun

çay

  1. tea

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately, from Sinitic .

Noun

çay ?

  1. tea (drink made from leaves of tea plant)

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?], 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 Proto-Turkic *čāj.

Noun

çay (definite accusative çayı, plural çaylar)

  1. a small river
Declension

References

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

Zazaki

Etymology

From Sinitic .

Noun

çay ?

  1. tea (The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)