Where the Romanian word “ceai” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.m.):
Din rus. čai.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.n.):
Din rus. čai.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Turkish (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Ottoman Turkish چای ← Russian чай ← Persian چای ← zh 茶
- In film dialogue
- 74 times per million words · number 962 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 34 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 15 18 24 42 51
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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