PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
Not from the reviewed evidence. The route can be argued more securely than a single adoption year.
/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.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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.
Documents change without a defensible single adoption date.
Diachronic history and conclusionDocuments the endpoint rather than the origin event.
Current çay headwordThe journey stage keeps both date and point unresolved.