шай

Kabardian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Sinitic 茶 (chá), likely through a Turkic language. Cognate with Adyghe щае (śaje).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃaːja]

Noun

шай • (šaj)

  1. tea

Synonyms

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic شاي
Cyrillic шай
Latin şai

Alternative forms

  • шәй (şäi)

Etymology

From Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɑ̝j], [ɕæj]
  • Hyphenation: шай

Noun

шай • (şai)

  1. tea

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Chinese 茶 (chá). Cognate to Tofa шэй (šey), etc.

Noun

шай • (šay)

  1. tea

References

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “шай”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN
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