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Only Two Words For Tea. With very minor exceptions, the world has only two words for tea. With a few minor exceptions, there are really only two ways to say “tea” in the world. Tea, with its two principal words, is actually above the average compared to a typical word for something that was unknown to the world at large until early modern times. Thé in french, té in spanish, and tee in afrikaans). Did you know that most of the world uses the same two words for tea? One variation is the one used in english (tea), french (thé), spanish (té) and dutch (thee). The word itself means ‘tea.’ however, in english (and in other languages) ‘chai’ doesn’t mean regular tea, but comes from the hindi — urdu words ‘masala chai,’ meaning ‘spiced. One is like the english term—té in spanish and. One is like the english tea (e.g. Besides some exceptions, there are only two words for “tea” in the world, and this is how it happened. The other one is some variations of cha found in arabic chay and hindi cha for example. Tea first presented itself in ancient china over 5,000 years ago. Other ancient words for tea include jia (檟, defined as bitter tu during the han dynasty), she , ming (茗, meaning fine, special tender tea) and.

The other one is some variations of cha found in arabic chay and hindi cha for example. With very minor exceptions, the world has only two words for tea. Did you know that most of the world uses the same two words for tea? Tea, with its two principal words, is actually above the average compared to a typical word for something that was unknown to the world at large until early modern times. Thé in french, té in spanish, and tee in afrikaans). Other ancient words for tea include jia (檟, defined as bitter tu during the han dynasty), she , ming (茗, meaning fine, special tender tea) and. With a few minor exceptions, there are really only two ways to say “tea” in the world. One is like the english term—té in spanish and. The word itself means ‘tea.’ however, in english (and in other languages) ‘chai’ doesn’t mean regular tea, but comes from the hindi — urdu words ‘masala chai,’ meaning ‘spiced. Tea first presented itself in ancient china over 5,000 years ago.

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Only Two Words For Tea The word itself means ‘tea.’ however, in english (and in other languages) ‘chai’ doesn’t mean regular tea, but comes from the hindi — urdu words ‘masala chai,’ meaning ‘spiced. Did you know that most of the world uses the same two words for tea? One variation is the one used in english (tea), french (thé), spanish (té) and dutch (thee). Other ancient words for tea include jia (檟, defined as bitter tu during the han dynasty), she , ming (茗, meaning fine, special tender tea) and. Besides some exceptions, there are only two words for “tea” in the world, and this is how it happened. The other one is some variations of cha found in arabic chay and hindi cha for example. With a few minor exceptions, there are really only two ways to say “tea” in the world. One is like the english tea (e.g. Tea first presented itself in ancient china over 5,000 years ago. Thé in french, té in spanish, and tee in afrikaans). Tea, with its two principal words, is actually above the average compared to a typical word for something that was unknown to the world at large until early modern times. The word itself means ‘tea.’ however, in english (and in other languages) ‘chai’ doesn’t mean regular tea, but comes from the hindi — urdu words ‘masala chai,’ meaning ‘spiced. With very minor exceptions, the world has only two words for tea. One is like the english term—té in spanish and.