See also: Chay, cháy, chày, chấy, chảy, and chạy

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: chā, IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

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Noun edit

chay (plural chays)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) A chaise (horse-drawn carriage).

Etymology 2 edit

From Pitman jay, which it is related to graphically, and the sound it represents.

Noun edit

chay (plural chays)

  1. The letter ⟨/⟩, which stands for the ch sound /tʃ/, in Pitman shorthand.

Anagrams edit

Ch'orti' edit

Noun edit

chay

  1. fish

References edit

  • Hull, Kerry (2005) An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya[1]

Ladino edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian چای (čây).

Noun edit

chay m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גאיי)

  1. tea

Manx edit

Noun edit

chay f

  1. Lenited form of kay.

Mutation edit

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
kay chay gay
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Quechua edit

Determiner edit

chay

  1. (medial) that

See also edit

Tzeltal edit

Noun edit

chay

  1. fish

Vietnamese edit

 
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Etymology edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (vegetarian, SV: trai).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(classifier cây) chay (𣙮)

  1. Artocarpus tonkinensis A Cheval (a tree in the mulberry family)

Adjective edit

chay (, 𡄡)

  1. in accordance with Buddhist dietary principles (no meat, fish, alcohol, onion, etc.)
    bia chaynon-alcoholic beer
    • 2023 February 5, Trần Lê Sơn Ý, “Dọn mình trong tháng giêng”, in Tuổi Trẻ[2]:
      Ăn chay một ngày mùng 1 thôi còn khó nói gì những việc lành khác.
      Eating in accordance with Buddhist dietary principles just the 1st day of the month [of the Lunar calendar] is difficult enough, let alone the other virtuous things.
  2. (by extension) typified by the absence of certain animal products, vegetarian
    ăn chayto eat vegetarian
    chả giò chayvegetarian spring rolls
    bún bò chayvegetarian beef noodles
    • 2021, Hà Linh, “Ăn chay có được uống sữa - câu hỏi đặt ra cho nhiều người”, in Tasty Kitchen[3]:
      Tuy nói rằng, ăn chay là chế độ sử dụng nguồn nguyên liệu chủ yếu từ thực vật nhưng chế độ ăn chay chia làm nhiều loại. [] Chế độ ăn chay thuần [] Chế độ Lacto - Ovo Vegetarian (ăn chay có kết hợp trứng và sữa) [] Người ăn bán chay []
      Although I said a vegetarian diet uses mainly plant-based ingredients, vegetarian diets come in many types. [] Vegan diet [] Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet (a vegetarian diet that includes eggs and milk) [] Semi-vegetarians []

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Adverb edit

chay (𡄡)

  1. (colloquial) in an ordinary, even lackluster, way; without special aids or equipment
    dạy chayto teach without any pedagogic materials