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Where does “cha” come from?
cha (Pali) comes from Pali māsa, from Sanskrit माष — any Old World bean; urad.
cha
(Pali): six
Definitions
six
Ancestry of “cha”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Pali
māsa
a month; mungo bean, black matpe bean, "Vigna...
2
Sanskrit
माष
any Old World bean; urad
Words derived from “cha”
ฉ
ឆ
ឆមាស
ฉศก
ฉี่หนู
ឆបោក
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