ચા

Gujarati

Alternative forms

  • ચાય (cāya), ચાઈ (cāī), ચાહ (cāh)

From Classical Persian چَا (čā),[1] Portuguese chá (“tea”).[2] Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

Noun

ચા • (cā) m or f

  1. tea, a common beverage made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of this plant in hot water
    તે ચા પીધી ― te cā pīdhī ― Did you drink tea?
  2. tea plant, any bush of the species Camellia sinensis whose leaves are picked to make a beverage

Declension

Declension of ચા
singular plural
nominative ચા (cā) ચાઓ (cāo)
oblique ચા (cā) ચાઓ (cāo)
vocative ચા (cā) ચાઓ (cāo)
instrumental ચાએ (cāe) ચાઓએ (cāoe)
locative ચાએ (cāe) ચાઓએ (cāoe)

Derived terms

  • કાળી ચા (kāḷī cā, “black tea”)
  • ચા પીવું (cā pīvũ, “to go wrong (of a clock)”, literally “to drink tea”)
  • ચાખાનું (cākhānũ, “teahouse”)
  • લીલી ચા (līlī cā, “green tea”)

References

  1. ^ Mehta, Bhanusukhram Nirgunram, Mehta, Bharatram Bhanusukhram (1925) The Modern Gujarati-English Dictionary: (with Etymology, Idioms, Proverbs, Quotations, Botanical and Other Technical Terms)‎[1], Baroda: M. C. Kothari, page 532, column 2
  2. ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 93, column 1

Further reading

  • “ચા”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  • Ranina, N. R. (2003) “ચા”, in Rustam N. Ranina, editor, A Manual of English Gujarati Dictionary‎[2], Asian Educational Services, page 578
  • Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “ચાહ”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎[3], Atmaram Sagun, page 209
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