köken: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (çay), from Chinese 茶 (chá). The “tip” sense derives from the expression дава́ть на чай (davátʹ na čaj) / дать на чай (datʹ na čaj) (literally, “to give [some money] for tea”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-dʰ? New Latin herbalbor. Hokkien 茶 (tê)bor. Dutch theebor. Polish herbata Learned borrowing from New Latin herba thea, the second element from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).
aile: po herbacie, i po herbacie, herbaciarka, herbaciarnia, herbatnica, herbatnik, herbatoholiczka, herbatoholik
tea (plant) (Camellia sinensis) · tea (the dried leaves from the tea plant, also parts from other plants) · tea (a beverage made from tea leaves, also similar beverages made from other plants)
çekim: çoğul teer · tamlayan tes
köken: Borrowed from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê, “tea”), compare English tea, German Tee, French thé.
tea plant (Camellia sinensis) · tea leaves (leaves of the tea plant, especially processed and dried) · tea (infusion of tea leaves, or of the leaves of other, similar plants)
çekim: çoğul tējas · tamlayan tējas
köken: From Hokkien (POJ: tê, Chinese: 茶), via Dutch thee. The Mandarin pronunciation of the same word — tša — gave rise to the word for “tea” in other European languages (compare Russian чай (čaj), Portuguese chá).