chay
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
enPR: chā, IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪ/
Rhymes: -eɪ
=== Etymology 1 ===
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==== Noun ====
chay (plural chays)
(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)
The letter ⟨/⟩, which stands for the ch sound /tʃ/, in Pitman shorthand.
=== Anagrams ===
achy
== Cebuano ==
=== Noun ===
chay (Badlit spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)
alternative form of tsay
Synonyms: chai, tsai
== Ch'orti' ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Mayan *kar.
=== Noun ===
chay
fish
=== References ===
Hull, Kerry (2005), An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya[1]
== Ladino ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Persian چای (čây).
=== Noun ===
chay m (Hebrew spelling גאיי)
tea
== Manx ==
=== Noun ===
chay f
lenited form of kay
=== Mutation ===
== Quechua ==
=== Determiner ===
chay
(medial) that
==== See also ====
kay
haqay
== Tzeltal ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Mayan *kar.
=== Noun ===
chay
fish
== Vietnamese ==
=== Etymology ===
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 齋 (“vegetarian”, SV: trai).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [ca(ː)j˧˧]
=== Noun ===
(classifier cây) chay • (𣙮)
Artocarpus tonkinensis A Cheval (a tree in the mulberry family)
=== Adjective ===
chay • (齋, 𡄡)
in accordance with Buddhist dietary principles (no meat, fish, alcohol, onion, etc.)
bia chay ― non-alcoholic beer
(by extension) typified by the absence of certain animal products, vegetarian
ăn chay ― to eat vegetarian
chả giò chay ― vegetarian spring rolls
bún bò chay ― vegetarian beef noodles
==== Derived terms ====
=== Adverb ===
chay • (𡄡)
(colloquial) in an ordinary, even lackluster, way; without special aids or equipment
dạy chay ― to teach without any pedagogic materials