сәй

From Persian چای (čây), Sanskrit चाय (cāya), from Sinitic 茶 (MC drae, “tea”).

Cognate with Southern Altai, Kyrgyz, Karakalpak чай (çay), Kazakh шай (şai), Karachay-Balkar шай (şay), Tatar чәй (çäy), Uzbek choy, Uyghur چاي (chay), Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen çay (“tea”), etc.

• IPA^(key): [sɛɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: сәй (one syllable)

сәй • (səy)

1. tea (drink)

   Күк сәй. ― Kük səy. ― Green tea.

   Ҡаты сәй. ― Qatı səy. ― Strong tea.

   Байрам булды ниһә, ауылда ҡатын-ҡыҙҙар сәйгә йөрөшөр ине.

   Bayram buldı nihə, awılda qatın-qıźźar səygə yöröşör ine.

   On holidays, women in villages would visit each other for tea.

2. tea (dried leaves of tea plant)

   Таҡта сәй. ― Taqta səy. ― Tea brick, compressed tea.

• сәйхана (səyxana, “tea house”)
• сәйнүк (səynük, “tea pot”)