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The Polish word for a tea-kettle is czajnik, which comes from the Russian word Чай (pronounced chai). However, tea in Polish is herbata , which, as well as Belarusian гарба́та ( harbáta ) and Lithuanian arbata , was derived from the Dutch herba thee , although a minority believes that it was derived Latin herba thea , meaning "tea ...
Chai most often refers to: . Chai, a word for tea in numerous languages; Masala chai, a blend of black tea and herbs and spices, originating in India; Chai (symbol), the Hebrew word for life and prominent Jewish symbol
Masala chai (/ m ə ˈ s ɑː l ə tʃ aɪ /; lit. ' mixed-spice tea ' ) is a popular beverage originating in India . It is made by brewing black tea (usually crush, tear, curl ) in milk and water, and then by sweetening with sugar.
The usual modern pronunciation of this word is , while a transcription of the Biblical and Mishnaic pronunciation would have likely been [ħai̯] (with a pharyngeal consonant). In Hebrew, the related word chaya (חיה ) means "living thing" or "animal", and is derived from the Hebrew word chai (חי ), meaning "alive".
The etymology of the various words for tea reflects the history of transmission of tea drinking culture and trade from China to countries around the world. [14] Nearly all of the words for tea worldwide fall into three broad groups: te, cha and chai, present in English as tea, cha or char, and chai.
Noon chai (Kashmiri pronunciation: [nuːnɨ t͡ʃaːj]), also called Kashmiri tea, pink tea, gulabi chai, [1] Namkeen chai (pronounced [namkiːn t͡ʃaːj]), [2] [better source needed] and Sheer chai ([ʃiːrʲ t͡ʃaːj]) [3] is a traditional tea beverage originating in Kashmir.
Doodh pati chai, literally 'milk and tea leaves', a tea beverage drunk in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh; Teh tarik, a kind of milk tea popular in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore; Suutei tsai, a salty Mongolian milk tea; Shahi Adani, a Yemeni milk tea; Masala chai, also known as masala tea, is a spiced milk tea drunk in the Indian ...
The word tu was further annotated by a Jin scholar, Guo Pu (276–324 CE): "Tu is a small plant, its leaves can be brewed into a beverage". Tea was also called "She' (蔎) in a West Han monograph on dialect called the Fang Yian. The syllable "jia' (檟) later became 'cha' and 'chai' (Russia, India).