Chai Definition
chī
noun
A hot drink of black tea with spices and milk.
Webster's New World
Origin of Chai
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From Hindi चाय / چای (ćāy), from Persian چای, from Turkish çay , from Sinitic 茶 (chá). Ultimately cognate to tea; see that page for extended history.
From Wiktionary
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Hindi cāy Urdu čā’e tea ultimately (probably via Persian čāy) from Mandarin chá tea or a kindred Chinese source chanoyu
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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