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scholarly referenceiranica-tea
ČĀY — Tea
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Daniel Balland and Marcel Bazin
- YEAR
- 2013
- PUBLISHER
- Encyclopaedia Iranica
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- scholarly reference
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
RANK 147GRADE Asupports
An 11th-century mention is not an 11th-century mass habit.
Bīrūnī’s report establishes Persian scholarly awareness of čāy; it does not date widespread Persian drinking, and Iranica leaves the adoption mechanism unknown.
*lˤra
*lˤra → *drae → 茶 → چای
Bīrūnī report and uncertain Persian adoptionDistinguishes textual awareness from widespread adoption.
چای dossier ↗truth record ↗85UNVEILING
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
opensupportsboundary
When and how did Persian adopt čāy?
The exact date and mechanism remain unknown. Iranica derives the word from Chinese ch’a but explicitly says the adoption event is uncertain.
Headword etymology and adoption uncertaintyExplicitly leaves the date and mechanism unresolved.
resolvedsupportsestablished
Does Bīrūnī prove tea was already a common Persian drink in the 11th century?
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.
The spread of tea in the Persian world — Bīrūnī passageSeparates early knowledge from later widespread drinking.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 233supportsprobable
چای → 茶
Persian → Mandarin Chinese · borrowing
- SOUND
- Persian čāy is reported as derived from Chinese ch’a, retaining the cha onset and adding the final glide represented in Persian transliteration.
- MEANING
- The meaning remains tea.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Daniel Balland · Marcel Bazin
Headword etymology and The spread of tea in the Persian worldDerives Persian čāy from Chinese ch’a while explicitly preserving uncertainty over when Persian speakers first encountered the beverage.
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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
چایSOURCE-REPORTED
چای
Bīrūnī discussion of čāy
OPEN WITNESS 136 ↗051
COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
چای
PersianOverland cha/chay relative explicitly derived from Chinese ch’a by Encyclopaedia Iranica.
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
stage 3supports
Persian-speaking world
Reports Bīrūnī discussing čāy and its beverage use in China and Tibet in a work written in the first half of the 5th/11th century.
The spread of tea in the Persian world, opening paragraph · broadstage 2context
Persian-to-Turkey-Turkish bridge
Documents the proposed bridge language without a precise event date.
Persian čāy etymology and uncertain adoption · broadstage 2supports
Persian scholarly awareness
Reports first-half-eleventh-century awareness while preserving adoption uncertainty.
The spread of tea in the Persian world — Bīrūnī · broadstage 3context
Persian-language record
Connects the living form to the earlier source report.
Headword and Persian-world history · regional070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
No non-genealogical context link currently cites this source.
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WORD-FAMILY REUSE
DOSSIERS THAT DEPEND ON THIS SOURCE
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