chay

See also: Chay, cháy, chày, chấy, chảy, and chạy

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

chay (plural chays)

1. (archaic, colloquial) A chaise (horse-drawn carriage).

Etymology 2

From Pitman jay, which it is related to graphically, and the sound it represents.

Pronunciation

• enPR: chā, IPA^(key): /tʃeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

chay (plural chays)

1. The letter ⟨/⟩, which stands for the ch sound /tʃ/, in Pitman shorthand.

Anagrams

• achy

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Ch'orti'

Noun

chay

1. fish

References

• Hull, Kerry (2005) An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya‎^[1]

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Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چای (čây).

Noun

chay m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גאיי)

1. tea

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Manx

Noun

chay f

1. Lenited form of kay.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
kay	chay	gay
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Quechua

Determiner

chay

1. (medial) that

See also

• kay
• haqay

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Tzeltal

Noun

chay

1. fish

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 齋 (“vegetarian”, SV: trai).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ca(ː)j˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây) chay • (𣙮)

1. Artocarpus tonkinensis A Cheval (a tree in the mulberry family)

Adjective

chay • (𡄡)

1. vegan

   ăn chay

   to practise veganism; to go vegan

   Bạn có biết nấu chả giò chay không?

   Do you know how to cook vegan spring rolls?

Usage notes

• Chay could be broadly translated as either "vegan" or "vegetarian" when it comes to food and cuisine, although chay people (some of whom are actual vegan Buddhists) do tend to consciously avoid fat-based cooking oil and nước mắm (“fish sauce”), so the term corresponds better to "vegan".

Adverb

chay • (𡄡)

1. (colloquial) in an ordinary, even lackluster, way; without special aids or equipment