PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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Vasmer lists several Turkic comparanda and routes but does not reduce them to one uniquely established immediate donor.
/tɕaj/ · noun
The Russian word for tea, placed by Vasmer in a chain through several Turkic languages ultimately reaching northern Chinese ch’a.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Preserves multiple plausible channels.
Чай — Turkic and Mongolian comparison chainPlaces the form in the wider family without choosing a donor.
Etymology — Russian and other chay formsThe graph uses a Turkic-relay relation instead of a fabricated one-language parent.