Local Drinks

1. چاي

   Chay

   Tea

   Usage

   Means the tea plant and the product made from its leaves. Guests are first served tea in a bowl, sometimes with sugar or ناۋات, rock candy. A Chinese loan.

2. قارا چاي

   Qara chay

   Black tea

   Usage

   قارا چاي (qara chay) is fully oxidised tea. Keep the space: قاراچاي (qarachay) means compressed brick tea.

   Grammar Note

   Adjectives precede the noun and do not inflect

3. يېشىل چاي

   Yéshil chay

   Green tea

   Usage

   Tea made from leaves that have not undergone withering and oxidation. The most ordinary tea served at meals.

4. سۈت چاي

   Süt chay

   Milk tea

   Usage

   A drink combining tea and milk, sweetened with sugar or honey or seasoned with salt and pepper. Also written in the possessive form سۈت چېيى (süt chéyi).

5. دوغاپ

   Doghap

   Doghap (a cold drink of crushed ice and yoghurt slaked in water)

   Usage

   A cold summer street drink mixing a measured amount of ice with yoghurt and diluting it in water. Ice crushing and additions distinguish sarang doghap, shirne doghap, qaymaq doghap and kashkap doghap. Also means thin mud, used figuratively. Written forms: ساراڭ دوغاپ / شىرنە دوغاپ / قايماق دوغاپ / كاشكاپ دوغاپ

6. ئايران

   Ayran

   Ayran (a drinkable soured-milk beverage)

   Usage

   A liquid drink made by souring cow’s or sheep’s milk; synonymous with قېتىق (qétiq). Shares an origin with Turkish ayran and occurs across Turkic languages.

7. شەربەت

   Sherbet

   Sherbet (a sweet drink boiled down from fruit)

   Usage

   Means sugar and juice in ripe fruit, or the liquid from boiling fruit in a suitable amount of water. Examples: ئانار شەربىتى (pomegranate), ئەنجۈر شەربىتى (fig), جىگدە شەربىتى (oleaster). Made by boiling in honey or sugar water.

8. لىمونات

   Limonat

   Limonat (a sweet soft drink made from lemon or other fruit)

   Usage

   A sweet drink made from lemon or other fruit juice. A Russian loan also covering bottled and canned soft drinks generally.

9. قەھۋە

   Qehwe

   Coffee

   Usage

   Means the coffee shrub and the drink made from its roasted seeds. Derived قەھۋەخانا (qehwexana) means coffee house.

10. مۇسەللەس

    Müselles

    Müselles (a local wine made from boiled-down grape juice)

    Usage

    Contains alcohol. A local drink made by washing and pressing grapes, straining skins, boiling down without added yeast, adding water and sealing in a jar. Natural fermentation starts after about two days. Also names a three-line verse form unrelated to drink.

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