сәй
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Bashkir[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
сәй • (säy)
- 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.
- tea (dried leaves of tea plant)
- Таҡта сәй. ― Taqta səy. ― Tea brick, compressed tea.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of сәй (səy)