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shaya

Syllables: Sha·ya

shaya is the alternative form of chaya.

Meaning of chaya

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.

See all 4 meanings of chaya

Proper noun capitalized: Shaya

Shaya

  1. Synonym of Xayar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    Synonyms:
    Xayar

Synonyms of shaya

Origin of shaya

From Mandarin 沙雅 (Shāyǎ).

Phrases with shaya

Questions about shaya

What does shaya mean?
Shaya means synonym of Xayar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
What is shaya the alternative form of?
Shaya is the alternative form of chaya.
What part of speech is shaya?
Shaya is a proper noun.

Words near shaya in the dictionary

  1. Shawver
  2. Shawvers
  3. Shawwal
  4. Shawyer
  5. shay
  6. shaya
  7. shaya root
  8. shaya roots
  9. shayak
  10. shayaks
  11. Shayan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shaya (page history and authors); Shaya (page history and authors); chaya (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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