Cha
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late 16th century (as cha ; rare before the early 20th century): from Chinese (Mandarin dialect) chá .
wiktionary
From Chinese 茶(chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindi चा(cā) / Urdu چا (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from 茶/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.
Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.
From cha-cha (q.v.)
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자(ja).
etymonline
cha (n.)
"tea," 1590s, also chaw, ultimately from the Mandarin ch'a "tea;" used in English alongside tea when the beverage was introduced.
