Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two words for tea

Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by k3liutZu on Friday January 12, 2018 @05:50AM (#16131940)

And the close neighbors of Romania we say "ceainic" to kettle which does come from the root word "ceai".

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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by paganel on Friday January 12, 2018 @06:15AM (#16132051)

In Southern Romania we tend to use "ibric" more, which comes directly from Turkish.

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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by Mediterraneo10 on Friday January 12, 2018 @07:43AM (#16132390)

In Transylvania, ibric is just the small pot used to brew Turkish coffee, while a tea kettle is ceainic. The terms don’t overlap.

I recently heard from a Turk that ibrik in Turkish today refers only to the small bucket used for washing oneself in Middle Eastern toilets. For the pot used to brew coffee, they say cezve.

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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by chewz on Friday January 12, 2018 @06:23AM (#16132089)

In Poland we also have a word 'imbryk' for a teapot but it is rarely used nowadays.

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