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chai is tea in many languages that either inherit from Russian or Arabic https://www.etymonline.com/word/chai https://www.etymonline.com/word/chai Edit: appar

• auvi 7y ago
  I thought Chai originally comes from the Chinese word 茶 (Chá).
  • lxe 7y ago
    Correct -- the etymology of all "chai"s and "tea"s can be traced to Chinese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_tea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_tea
• vezycash 7y ago
  With few exceptions, the word for Tea in a country depends on how it was originally transported there. See: Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea https://qz.com/1176962/map-how-the-word-tea-spread-over-land-and-sea-to-conquer-the-world/ https://qz.com/1176962/map-how-the-word-tea-spread-over-land...
  • vishnugupta 7y ago
    Wow. I had absolutely no idea! Thanks for sharing that link, learned something new today