сәй

Bashkir
Сәй (sense 1)
Сәй (sense 2)

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): [sæj]
  • Hyphenation: сәй (one syllable)

Noun

сәй • (säy)

  1. tea (drink)
    Күк сәй. ― Kük säy. ― Green tea.
    Ҡаты сәй. ― Qatı säy. ― Strong tea.
    Байрам булды ниһә, ауылда ҡатын-ҡыҙҙар сәйгә йөрөшөр ине.
    Bayram buldı nihä, awılda qatın-qıððar säygä yöröşör ine.
    On holidays, women in villages would visit each other for tea.
  2. tea (dried leaves of tea plant)
    Таҡта сәй. ― Taqta säy. ― Tea brick, compressed tea.

Declension
Inflection of сәй (säy)
singular only
absolute сәй (säy)
definite genitive сәйҙең (säyðeŋ)
dative сәйгә (säygä)
definite accusative сәйҙе (säyðe)
locative сәйҙә (säyðä)
ablative сәйҙән (säyðän)

Derived terms
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