Ottoman Turkish چای

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← Ottoman Turkish چا (alter)

← Ottoman Turkish اطه چایی (link)

← Proto-Turkic *čāj (inherited)

← Chinese 茶 (link)

→ Armenian չայ (borrowed)

→ Macedonian чај (borrowed)

→ Romanian ceai (derived)

→ Romanian ceainic (derived)

→ Serbo-Croatian čaj (borrowed)

→ Serbo-Croatian чај (borrowed)

→ Albanian çaj (borrowed)

→ Turkish çay (inherited)

→ Turkish çay (inherited)