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ALL SOURCES ↗BIBLIOGRAPHIC IDENTITYrekhta-urdu-chaae
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institutional lexiconrekhta-urdu-chaae
چائے — Rekhta Dictionary
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Rekhta Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Rekhta Foundation
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- institutional lexicon
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
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RANK 79GRADE Acontext
The modern spelling arrived after the word.
Urdu historical records preserve چا and چاہ before standard modern چائے displaced them. A familiar written form can be the newest layer of an older spoken history.
*lˤra
*lˤra → *drae → 茶 → چائے
Current چائے headwordDocuments the modern endpoint.
چائے dossier ↗truth record ↗86UNVEILING
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
opensupportsprobable
Did Urdu receive cāy directly from Chinese or through Persian?
Rekhta labels the current Urdu headword Persian in origin, while the wider references establish only the Chinese-derived overland family. Persian is therefore probable as the immediate source, not promoted as a uniquely dated event.
Headword metadata — Origin: PersianSupplies the immediate-source label.
resolvedcontextestablished
Has Urdu always spelled the tea word چائے?
No. Rekhta’s historical note reports older چا and چاہ spellings and says modern standard usage has largely converged on چائے.
Current چائے headwordAnchors the modern standard form.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 543supportsprobable
چائے → 茶
Urdu → Mandarin Chinese · overland borrowing route
- SOUND
- Urdu cāy belongs to the cha/chay family ultimately derived from Chinese chá; Rekhta labels the current Urdu headword Persian in origin, while the graph does not invent an exact dated Persian-to-Urdu event.
- MEANING
- The general tea meaning remains, with local extensions to infusions and social tea.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Rekhta Dictionary Editors · Östen Dahl · Merriam-Webster Editors
Headword چائے — Origin: Persian; tea sensesDocuments the current Urdu form, semantic field, and Persian source label.
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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
No lexical witness currently cites this source.
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
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stage 3supports
Urdu-language record
Documents the standard modern spelling and source label.
Headword چائے — Origin: Persian · broad070
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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