In India, the Hindi word for tea is Chai, so calling this beverage Chai tea is actually a redundant and illogical term. English speakers are more likely to call it masala chai which when translated means spiced tea. Many eastern languages use chai as their word for tea including the Kurds, Turks, Russians and Serbs. What we might call Chai tea is actually called masala tea because masala is the Hindi word for spice.
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