PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The report proves learned awareness and discussion of use in China and Tibet; Iranica says this does not establish broad Persian consumption at that time.
/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.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Separates early knowledge from later widespread drinking.
The spread of tea in the Persian world — Bīrūnī passageAnchors the later lexicographic form.
Dehkhoda headwordThe attestation is labeled a secondary report of awareness, not a Persian first-use token.