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Was Turkish çay borrowed directly from Chinese?

The ultimate source is Chinese, but Boz argues that Persian is the more credible bridge into historical Turkey Turkish. “From Chinese” is genealogically true and historically incomplete.

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çay

/tʃaj/ · noun

The Turkish word for tea, ultimately Chinese but analyzed in Turkish scholarship as reaching historical Turkey Turkish through Persian as a bridge language.

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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.

02 / EDITORIAL STATE

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CONFIDENCE
probable
STATUS
resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
The Turkish scholarly study evaluates dictionary traditions and explicitly favors Persian as the bridge language.
RESOLUTION NOTE

The relation type names the Persian relay and retains probable confidence.

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