τσάι
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See also: τσαι
Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (çay), either from Russian чай (čaj, “tea”),[1][2] or from Persian چای (čây)[3] from Sinitic, Chinese 茶 (chá). Doublet of τέιο (téio).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
τσάι • (tsái) n (plural τσάγια)
Declension[edit]
declension of τσάι
Coordinate terms[edit]
- χαμομήλι n (chamomíli, “camomile tea”)
Related terms[edit]
- τσαγάκι n (tsagáki, diminutive)
- τσαγιέρα f (tsagiéra, “teapot”)
- τσάι του βουνού (tsái tou vounoú, “mountain tea; Sideritis scardica”)
References[edit]
- ^ “τσάι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
- ^ τσάι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- τσάι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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