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Cha
//t͡ʃɑː// name, noun, particle, pron
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Abbreviation of Charlotte: a city in North Carolina, United States. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 A surname.
- 3 Initialism of Children's Hospital Association. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte
Noun
- 1 Tea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai. uncountable
"Would you like a cup of cha?"
- 2 Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.
- 3 Initialism of congenital heart anomaly. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of charisma point. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Particle
- 1 Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances.
"One–two–cha–cha–cha Three–four–cha–cha–cha"
Pronoun
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound. alt-of, dialectal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling
"You mean you can't fly after you've had a few beers? You can drive, can't cha?"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Chinese 茶 (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindustani चा (cā) / چا (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from 茶 (chá) /t͡sʰɑː²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê.
Etymology 2
From cha-cha (q.v.).
Etymology 3
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자 (ja).
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