SOURCE 01supportsscholarly reference
ČĀY — Tea
Explicitly leaves the date and mechanism unresolved.
Headword etymology and adoption uncertainty- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Daniel Balland and Marcel Bazin
- YEAR
- 2013
- PUBLISHER
- Encyclopaedia Iranica
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 180
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
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When and how did Persian adopt čāy?
The exact date and mechanism remain unknown. Iranica derives the word from Chinese ch’a but explicitly says the adoption event is uncertain.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 180
چای
/tʃɒːj/ · noun
Persian čāy, derived from Chinese ch’a in Encyclopaedia Iranica, with Persian awareness reported by the eleventh century but the adoption mechanism still unknown.
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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 02contexthistorical dictionary
چای — لغتنامه دهخدا
Documents the Persian lexeme without resolving the event.
Dehkhoda headword and origin note- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
- YEAR
- 1931
- PUBLISHER
- Vajehyab · Dehkhoda Dictionary
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE QUESTION REMAINS OPEN.
- CONFIDENCE
- boundary
- STATUS
- open
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- The strongest reviewed Persian reference separates etymological origin from an undocumented borrowing event.
No fabricated caravan, intermediary language, or exact year is placed in the graph.