PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. Rekhta’s historical note reports older چا and چاہ spellings and says modern standard usage has largely converged on چائے.
/tʃɑː.eː/ · noun
The standard modern Urdu word for tea, recorded by Rekhta with Persian origin and a historical trail through older spellings such as چا and چاہ.
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 spelling variation and modern standardization.
Interesting information — چا, چاہ, چاء, and modern چائےAnchors the modern standard form.
Current چائے headwordHistorical spelling evidence is preserved as attestations rather than invented ancestor nodes.