čaj

Etymology

Ultimately from Sinitic 茶. Cognates include Russian чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃaj/

Noun

čaj m

1. tea (the dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)

   kup šáčkový čaj

2. tea (the drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)

   pila čaj

3. tea (a variety of the tea plant)

   černé čaje

4. tea (by extension, any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)

   bylinkový čaj

   mátový čaj

   heřmánkový čaj

Further reading

• čaj in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• čaj in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish çay, from Chinese 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaj/

Noun

čaj m

1. (literary) tea

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish çay), from Sinitic 茶.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃâj/

Noun

čȁj m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏ј)

1. tea

Etymology

From Russian чай (čaj), from Sinitic 茶 (chá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaj/

Noun

čaj m (genitive singular čaju, nominative plural čaje, genitive plural čajov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tea

References

• čaj in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian čaj, borrowed to replace tẹ́ (which is now dialectal), which had been borrowed from German Tee.

Noun

čáj m inan (genitive čája, nominative plural čáji)

1. tea