chai
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
chai (plural chais)
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Hindustani चाय / چائے (cāy), from Persian چای (and Turkish çay, and cognates)[1] from Sinitic 茶 (chá).[2] Doublet of tea; see that page for extended history.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chai (usually uncountable, plural chais)
- Ellipsis of masala chai, a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices, based loosely on Indian recipes.
- 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 350:
- ‘So much for making chai,ʼ she teases, but lets him do the rest of the work. He adds the tea leaves to the boiling milk, then strains the liquid into cups.
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Hebrew חַי (kháy, “alive”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chai
- (Judaism) A Jewish symbol representing life, traditionally worn as an amulet.
- 2011 February 18, Mark Marino, “Kosher beef between two rappers”, in CNN[2], archived from the original on 1 February 2023:
- Today, he [Drake] wears a diamond-studded Chai, a symbol of the Jewish word for life, and has his mother pressuring him to marry "a nice Jewish girl," according to Heeb magazine.
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Etymology 4 edit
Borrowed from French chai, from Occitan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chai (plural chais)
- (winemaking) A place above ground for storing wine casks.
References edit
- ^ “chai”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “chai”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading edit
- chai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- chai (symbol) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Caló edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
chai f (plural chais)
- girl
- (antiphrastic) harlot, prostitute
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Finnish edit
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Noun edit
chai (colloquial)
- (jargon) Clipping of chai latte (“chai latte”).
Declension edit
Inflection of chai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | chai | chait | ||
genitive | chain | chaiden chaitten | ||
partitive | chaita | chaita | ||
illative | chaihin | chaihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | chai | chait | ||
accusative | nom. | chai | chait | |
gen. | chain | |||
genitive | chain | chaiden chaitten | ||
partitive | chaita | chaita | ||
inessive | chaissa | chaissa | ||
elative | chaista | chaista | ||
illative | chaihin | chaihin | ||
adessive | chailla | chailla | ||
ablative | chailta | chailta | ||
allative | chaille | chaille | ||
essive | chaina | chaina | ||
translative | chaiksi | chaiksi | ||
abessive | chaitta | chaitta | ||
instructive | — | chain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Via English chai from Urdu چائے (cāe), Hindi चाय (cāy, “tea”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chai m (plural chais)
- masala chai (a tea drink)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Occitan [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chai m (plural chais)
- wine cellar
- Synonym: cave à vin
- Mis en bouteille dans nos chais. ― Bottled in our wine cellars.
Further reading edit
- “chai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hokkien edit
For pronunciation and definitions of chai – see 知 (“to know; to understand; to comprehend; to cause to know; to tell; to inform; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 知). |
Jamaican Creole edit
Verb edit
chai
- (Maroon Spirit Language) Carry.
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
chai
- Nonstandard spelling of chāi.
- Nonstandard spelling of chái.
- Nonstandard spelling of chǎi.
- Nonstandard spelling of chài.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
-chai (inalienable, e.g., shichai "my grandfather/grandson", bichai "her/his/their grandfather/grandson")
- maternal grandfather, mother's father, grandson (from daughter), daughter's son
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
chai f (uncountable)
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy)
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
chai (n class, plural chai)
- tea
- (Tanzania) breakfast
- Synonyms: kiamsha kinywa, kifungua kinywa
- (slang, Kenya) a small bribe, a petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)
- Synonyms: rushwa, hongo, (Kenya) kitu kidogo
Derived terms edit
Tày edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [caːj˧˧]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [caːj˦˥]
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
chai
- bottle
- chai lẩu ― bottle of wine
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
chai
- to fast
- chai tón nâng ― to fast for one meal
Adjective edit
chai (⿻斋丷)
- vegan, especially in the Buddhist style
- kin chai ― to go vegan
- 否容易𫩒{⿻斋丷}地下
- Bấu doòng dỉ kin chai tỉ giả
- It's not easy to be a vegan on Earth.
- in an ordinary, even lackluster, way
- kin khẩu chai ― to eat plain rice
- old, specifically past something's developmental phase
- mảy khửn chai
- bamboo shoots that grow even when it's too old to grow
References edit
- Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày][5] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [caːj˧˧]
- Homophone: trai
Noun edit
Descendants edit
- → Tai Dam: ꪊꪱꪥ
Adjective edit
chai
- (of skin) callous
- vết chai ― a callus
- bị chai tay ― to have calluses on one's hand
- chai sạn ― callous; apathetic
- (of a battery) spent
- pin bị chai rồi ― the battery's no good anymore (won't hold a charge)
Anagrams edit
Ye'kwana edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
chai