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English

Etymology 1

From Japanese ?? (chaya).

Noun

chaya (plural chayas)

1. A teahouse in Japan.

Etymology 2

From Spanish chaya.

Noun

chaya

1. A large, fast-growing leafy perennial Mexican shrub which is popular in Mexico and Central America as a leafy vegetable, cooked and eaten like spinach, from species Cnidoscolus aconitifolius or Cnidoscolus chayamansa.

Synonyms

• tree spinach

Translations

See also

• chaya root

Etymology 3

From Hebrew ??????? (khayá, “alive”).

Alternative forms

• chayah, haya, hayah

Noun

chaya

1. (Judaism) One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to the personality.

Coordinate terms

• nefesh
• neshama/neshamah
• ruach
• yechidah

Japanese

Romanization

chaya

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Quechua

Noun

chaya

1. baking, cooking

Declension

Derived terms

• chayachiy

Spanish

Noun

chaya f (plural chayas)

1. chaya (tree)

Tsonga

Verb

chaya

1. to drive

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e??

Etymology 1

From the Nguni group of languages khaya (“home”)

Noun

khaya (plural khayas)

1. (South Africa, strictly) A native house or hut.
2. (South Africa, loosely) Servants' quarters separated from the main house.
3. (South Africa, slang) Anyone's house or home.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Wolof khaye (“African mahogany tree”).

Noun

khaya (plural khayas)

1. Any tree of the genus Khaya.

Anagrams

• Kayah

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (k?aya).

Noun

khaya m

1. decline, decadence
2. destruction
3. consumption (disease)

Declension

Descendants

• Thai: ??? (kà-yà, “rubbish”)