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chaya

chaya noun: a teahouse in Japan.

Noun (1)

chaya (plural chayas)

  1. A teahouse in Japan.

Noun (2)

chaya

  1. A large, fast-growing leafy perennial Mexican shrub which is popular in Mexico and Central America as a leafy vegetable, cooked and eaten like spinach, from species Cnidoscolus aconitifolius or Cnidoscolus chayamansa.
    Synonyms:
    tree spinach

Noun (3)

chaya

  1. (Judaism) One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, related to the personality.

Proper noun capitalized: Chaya

Chaya

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.

chaya meaning in Tamil

chaya in Tamil

சாயவேர்

Synonyms of chaya

Forms of chaya

pluralchayas
alternative formchayah
alternative formhaya
alternative formhayah

Origin of chaya

From Japanese 茶屋 (chaya).

Borrowed from Spanish chaya.

From Hebrew חַיָּה (khayá, “alive”).

Phrases with chaya

Questions about chaya

What does chaya mean?
Chaya means a teahouse in Japan.
What is chaya in Tamil?
Chaya in Tamil is சாயவேர். See Chaya meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chaya?
Chaya can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of chaya?
The plural of chaya is chayas.

Words near chaya in the dictionary

  1. chaxapeptin
  2. chaxian
  3. chay
  4. chay root
  5. chay roots
  6. chaya
  7. chaya root
  8. chaya roots
  9. chayah
  10. Chayahuita
  11. chayaroot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chaya (page history and authors); Chaya (page history and authors); chaya (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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