Definitions
Etymologies
- From Hindi चाय / چای (ćāy), from Persian چای, from Turkish çay , from Sinitic 茶 (chá). (Wiktionary)
- Ultimately from Chinese (Mandarin) chá, tea. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In the United States, the word "chai" is used to refer almost exclusively to the Indian "masala chai" beverage.”
“I thought the chai was seriously lacking in chai flavor.”
“This "Mexican chai" is delicious and the best use of most Mexican coffee.”
“Hey .... so happy you liked the recipe and chai is a great finish off.”
“Sandeepa said ... those puris are tempting!!! and dunking them in chai -- thats totally new”
Weekend Lunch Series: Tikhi Puri, Rasavalu Bataka nu shaak.....
“And worse still, what Starbucks tries to pass off as chai is nothing like the chai that any Indian knows and loves.”
“The Europeans thanked us and that's how I saw men who had traveled the globe to meet each other get bogged down by the word chai in a small San Franciso restaurant.”
“The numeric value of the word chai, meaning 'life' in Hebrew, is eighteen, so it's considered good luck.”
“I've never considered dunking these nice, spicy puris in chai, how uncreative of me:), thanks for the great tip, the spread looks very tempting.”
Weekend Lunch Series: Tikhi Puri, Rasavalu Bataka nu shaak.....
“The middle ground of Hanky Panky's dozen or so neutrals is probably taupe, which falls somewhere between the very light chai, which is also the best seller, and the much darker espresso.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chai’.
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
¡La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones! Ayúdame a encontrarlas todas.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch valen como una sola ...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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1001 ways to caffeinate
Coffee has been in the news recently; several long-term studies have concluded coffee almost certainly helps prevent type 2 diabetes, liver disease, basal cell carcinoma and possibly Parkinson’s. ...
flat white, black coffee, breve, ristretto, espresso, doppio, tripplo, depth charge, eiskaffee, caffè latte, café au lait, galão and 228 more...
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New to Me
anodyne, salient, ecumenical, salubrious, invective, incendiary, colophon, stola, druthers, syllogism, geodesic, quant and 16 more...
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the first list
an immense, grandiloquent list that loads like a thousand years sentence in stone. new words are in the other lists.
ridiculous, brummagem, predicament, sanctimonious, vapid, eschew, admonish, auspicious, capitulation, enumerate, lachrymose, tenet and 1648 more...
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Buttery
Words that make me feel cozy
Feather, Mug, Knit, Socks, Snug, Soft, Butter, Nugget, Noodle, Curl, Billow, Lounge and 315 more...
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aliko's Words
deli, turkey, bodrum, deniz, sunny, seks, tatil, hava, zeeman, captain, kapitein, kaptan and 256 more...
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Yummy
my favorite food words
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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The Way of Tea
All things tea (lingo, paraphernalia, types).
high tea, meat tea, four o'clock tea, five o'clock tea, tea party, teapoy, tea service, tea set, tea tray, teapot, teakettle, tea urn and 150 more...
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lauren_inretrospective's list
words I adore....
ethereal, luminiscent, etiquette, surreal, plumage, feathery, vintage, jubilee, rouge, satin, fathom, height and 101 more...
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amazing grace
hymn, nave, narthex, chapel, novice, asperges, altar, annunciation, liturgical, litany, nicene creed, cloister and 209 more...
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(Fairly) common words taken from Romany
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Léxico de Scrabble Avanzado
Lista de palabras útiles, raras o esotéricas para Scrabble en Español recopiladas de partidas ordinarias.
Todas las palabras se encuentran en el DRAE.
Algunas palabras po...acocarse, ahelear, helear, pirulo, apirularse, sapirulo, pingar, mugar, her, dino, coquee, otri and 588 more...
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punnything's Words
existentialist, configure, numismatist, autumnal, desist, ennui, taciturn, vacillate, naivete, bloodletting, tete-a-tete, concentric and 274 more...
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encyclopedia gustatorica
béchamel, tart, pie, cupcake, roux, jambalaya, étouffé, succulent, plum, pomegranate, peach, apple and 300 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for chai.
yarb I've heard chai in the UK to refer specifically to Indian-style tea. And for me it's a cuppa cha, not char. The details are important! Jun 16, 2008
kewpid As far as I know, it's chai everywhere. Jun 16, 2008
bilby At this point I would make a face, but I'm far too polite. Jun 15, 2008
johnmperry Chai must be an American thing. In UK we say char. As in "cuppa char please".
It's also a Romany word for girl. Jun 15, 2008
reesetee Was just going to mention uselessness's list--one of my favorites. :-) Sep 26, 2007
colleen I had missed that, thanks, trivet! Sep 26, 2007
trivet Oh, yeah - this one. Sep 26, 2007
trivet Wasn't there a list of these? Sep 26, 2007
colleen And the ever popular "ATM machine." Sep 26, 2007
reesetee Eesh. Doesn't leave much to abbreviate, does it? Sep 26, 2007
kewpid I have seen "personal PIN number". Yikes. Sep 25, 2007
reesetee Ditto, colleen. Also "PIN number." Sep 25, 2007
colleen "chai tea" makes my head hurt in the same way that "ISBN number" does. GAH. Sep 25, 2007
kewpid From the Chinese word chá (茶) meaning tea. Saying "chai tea" is redundant. Sep 25, 2007