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by ZainRiz 1120 days ago
Kindly also report the usage of "Chai Tea" ('Chai' means 'Tea' in Pakistan/India, which is where that flavor originated from)
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Same in Türkiye where "çay" (with the same pronunciation) means tea :)
It is called something like chai in half of the word and something like tea in the other half :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/etymologymaps/comments/g4bmh3/chai_...

And it's actually masala chai.