Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

чайкана (caykana) (Arabic spelling چايقانا)

  1. teahouse

Declension edit