ꠌꠣ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چای (čāy), ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá). Cognate Assamese চাহ (sah), Bengali চা (ca), Rohingya saá, Hindi चाय (cāy), Urdu چای (cāī).

Pronunciation

Noun

ꠌꠣ • (sa)

  1. tea

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “ca_¹”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.
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