ચા

Gujarati

Alternative forms
  • ચાય (cāya), ચાઈ (cāī), ચાહ (cāh)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ચા • (cā) m or f

  1. tea plant, any bush of the species Camellia sinensis whose leaves are picked to make a beverage
  2. tea, a common beverage made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of this plant in hot water

Declension
Declension of ચા
singular plural
nominative ચા (cā) ચાઓ (cāo)
oblique ચા (cā) ચાઓ (cāo)
vocative ચા (cā) ચાઓ (cāo)
instrumental ચાએ (cāe) ચાઓએ (cāoe)
locative ચાએ (cāe) ચાઓએ (cāoe)

Derived terms
  • કાળી ચા (kāḷī cā, “black tea”)
  • ચા પીવું (cā pīvũ, “to go wrong (of a clock)”, literally “to drink tea”)
  • ચાખાનું (cākhānũ, “teahouse”)
  • લીલી ચા (līlī cā, “green tea”)

Further reading
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  • “ચા”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  • Belsare, Malhar (1981) “ચા”, in ગુજરાતી-અંગ્રેજી ડિકશનરી [Etymological Gujarati-English Dictionary]‎, Asian Educational Services, page 425
  • Ranina, N. R. (2003) “ચા”, in Rustam N. Ranina, editor, A Manual of English Gujarati Dictionary‎, Asian Educational Services, page 578
  • Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “ચાહ”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎, Atmaram Sagun, page 209
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