آطه چایی

Ottoman Turkish

آطه چایی

Etymology

From آطه (ada, “island”) + چای (çay, “tea”).

Noun

آطه چایی • (ada çayı)

sage, any perennial, evergreen plant of the species Salvia officinalis

Descendants

Turkish: ada çayı
→ Armenian: ատա չայի (ata čʻayi) — Constantinople
→ Greek: αντάτσαϊ (antátsaï) — Constantinople

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ada çayı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 107
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آطه چایی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 466
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آطه چایی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712

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