Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Persian چایخانه (čâyxâne).

Synchronously, чай (cay, tea) +‎ -кана (-kana, place of).

Cognate with Kazakh шайхана (şaixana), Uzbek choyxona, Uyghur چايخانا (chayxana), Bashkir сәйхана (səyxana), Azerbaijani çayxana, Turkish çayhane, etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чайкана (caykana) (Arabic spelling چايقانا)

  1. teahouse

Declension

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