चहा

See also: चाह, चाहिँ, चाहे, चूहा, चूहे, and चूहों

Marathi

Etymology

Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá). Compare Kannada ಚಹಾ (cahā), Gujarati ચા (cā), Hindi चाय (cāy), Punjabi ਚਾਹ (cāh) / چاہ (cāh), Nepali चिया (ciyā), Bengali চা (ca), Assamese চাহ (sah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕə.ɦa/, [t͡ɕa]
• Hyphenation: च‧हा
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

चहा • (cahā) m

1. tea

Declension

Declension of चहा (masc unmarked ā-stem)
direct singular	चहा cahā
direct plural	चहा cahā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	चहा cahā		चहा cahā
oblique सामान्यरूप	चहा cahā		चहां- cahān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	चहाला cahālā		चहांना cahānnā
ergative	चहाने, चहानं cahāne, cahāna		चहांनी cahānnī
instrumental	चहाशी cahāśī		चहांशी cahānśī
locative सप्तमी	चहात cahāt		चहांत cahāt
vocative संबोधन	चहा cahā		चहांनो cahānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of चहा (masc unmarked ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	चहाचा cahāċā	चहाचे cahāċe	चहाची cahācī	चहाच्या cahācā	चहाचे, चहाचं cahāċe, cahāċa	चहाची cahācī	चहाच्या cahācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	चहांचा cahānċā	चहांचे cahānċe	चहांची cahāñcī	चहांच्या cahāncā	चहांचे, चहांचं cahānċe, cahānċa	चहांची cahāñcī	चहांच्या cahāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Further reading

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “चहा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 43.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चहा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 275
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “चहा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चहा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1157.