چاو
Central Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *čášma (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“eye”).
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | çav |
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چاو (çaw)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čav (“fame, reputation”).[1]
Noun
چاو • (çav) (definite accusative چاوی (çavı), plural چاولر (çavlar))
- noise, various types of sounds, usually unwanted, unpleasant, or annoying
- reputation, fame, repute, name, what somebody or something is known for
- news, a piece of information about current events, disseminated by the media
- Synonym: خبر (haber)
Derived terms
- چاو ایتمك (çav etmek, “to divulgate”)
Descendants
- Turkish: çav
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ça:v”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 393
Further reading
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- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “چاو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 573
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çav3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 903
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “چاو”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 178a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 465
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Rumor”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1496
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “چاو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 1568
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
چاو • (çav) (definite accusative چاوی (çavı), plural چاولر (çavlar))
- (anatomy) penis, the male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse and for urination
Descendants
- Turkish: çav
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çav4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 903
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 711
Etymology 3
Possibly from Middle Chinese 鈔 (“paper money, banknote”).
Noun
چاو • (çav) (definite accusative چاوی (çavı), plural چاولر (çavlar))
- (historical) sort of paper money issued by the Yuan dynasty in China and the first paper currency in the Islamic world
Descendants
- Turkish: çav
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çav7”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 903
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 711
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 鈔／钞 (chāo).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːw/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːw]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːv]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔw]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čāw |
| Dari reading? | čāw |
| Iranian reading? | čâv |
| Tajik reading? | čov |
Noun
چاو • (čâv)
- (historical) A paper money used in medieval China and briefly introduced by the Mongols to Iran in 1294; the first paper currency in the Islamic world, it proved an economic failure.