chay

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

English

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

chay (plural chays)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

chay (plural chays)

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

Anagrams

Ch'orti'

Noun

chay

  1. fish

References
  • Hull, Kerry (2005) An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya‎

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چای‎ (čây).

Noun

chay m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גאיי‎)

  1. tea

Manx

Noun

chay f

  1. Lenited form of kay.

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
kaychaygay
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Quechua

Determiner

chay

  1. (medial) that

See also

Tzeltal

Noun

chay

  1. fish

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ca(ː)j˧˧]
  • Audio (Hà Nội)(file)

Noun

(classifier cây) chay • (𣙮)

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

Adjective

chay • (齋, 𡄡)

  1. vegetarian or in accordance with Buddhist dietary principles
    ăn chay
    to practise vegetarianism; to go vegetarian
    bia chay
    non-alcoholic beer
    Bạn có biết nấu chả giò chay không?
    Do you know how to cook vegetarian spring rolls?

Derived terms
Derived terms

Adverb

chay • (𡄡)

  1. (colloquial) in an ordinary, even lackluster, way; without special aids or equipment
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