Chaya may refer to:
Places Chaya (Ob), in Tomsk Oblast, Russia, a tributary of Ob River Chaya (Lena), in Siberia, Russia, a tributary of Lena River Chaya, another name for the Chepelare, a river in Bulgaria Chaya County, in Tibet Chaya, Afghanistan, a place in Afghanistan
People Surname Chaya family, a wealthy family of textile merchants based in Kyoto, Japan from the 16th century into the Edo period Chaya Shirōjirō, merchants within that family, wealthy and influential traders with the official patronage of the Tokugawa shogunate Afif Chaya (born 1947), Lebanese singer and actor B. R. Chaya, Indian playback singer Maxime Chaya (born 1961), Lebanese sportsman and explorer Given name Chaya (Hebrew given name), including a list of people bearing that name Chaya Singh (born 1981), Indian actress
Other uses Chaya (literature), an ancient tradition of providing Sanskrit glosses (transliterations) for Prakrit word forms, particularly in classical Indian drama plays Chaya (plant), a vegetable Chaya tequila, a brand of tequila Chayah (heb. חיה literally "life"), in Judaism a term for soul, considered a part of Hashem (God) Chaya (film), a Kannada-language film Chaya, a 1971 horror novel by Indian writer Narayan Dharap
See also Chhaya (disambiguation) Shaya (disambiguation) Ochaya (茶屋), "teahouse," a Japanese euphemism for traditional drinking establishments of the early modern period