As a Hindi name
चाष · ćāsh · s.m.
The blue jay, Coracias indica (syn. nīl-kanṭh) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 417
चाष · noun · masculine
नीलकंठ पक्षी · चाहा पक्षी — Śabdasāgara
चाष · noun · masculine
आँख । नेत्र — Śabdasāgara
चाय · feminine
tea (plant, beverage); cup of tea
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian چَای (čāy), ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the blue jay, &c.
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Dictionary citations
cāṣa m. the blue jay, RV. x, 97, 13; RPrāt.; Mn. xi, 132; Yājñ. i, 175; MBh. &c.
sugarcane, L.
cāṣa mfn. relating to a blue jay, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 156, Vārtt. 4, Pat.
cāṣa m. (-ṣaḥ) 1 The blue jay, (Coracias Indica.) 2 A kingfisher, (according to some.) E. caṣa to injure, (fish, &c.) affix ghañ; also cāsa.
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