čaj 1

1 small river 2 sand, pebbles 3 flood, freshet 4 shallow

Proto-Turkic: *čāj
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *č`ā́jV ( ~ -ē-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: 1 речка 2 песок, галька 3 половодье, наводнение 4 мелководный
Turkic: *čāj
Mongolian: *čeɣel
Comments: The word is poorly attested (almost only in some modern Oghuz languages and Chag., see VEWT 95, Лексика 94; the Yakut parallel is phonetically unclear - borrowed from Tuva or Altai?). Turk. *čāj-ka (Turkm. čǟge, Chag. čeke) > Kalm. cekɛ̄ (KW 426). The forms (despite semantic difference) may have an Iranian origin
Turkish: čaj 1
Middle Turkic: čaj 1, čeke 2
Azerbaidzhan: čaj 1
Turkmen: čāj 1, čǟge 2
Shor: šajɨq 3
Oyrat: čaj-r-am 4
Yakut: čaj 2 (?)
Bashkir: saj 'a river weed' (?)
Balkar: čaj (in the hydronym qaračaj)