چاو

See also: خاو

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *čášma (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaːu̯/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	çav
Southern Kurdish	چاو (çaw)

چاو (çaw)

1. eye

Derived terms

• چاوبرسی (çawbirsî)
• چاوبز (çawbiz)
• چاوبڕکێ (çawbirrkê)
• چاوبۆرە (çawbore)
• چاوبەرەوژێر (çawberewjêr)
• چاوبەست (çawbest)
• چاوبەڵەک (çawbellek)
• چاوترسێن (çawtirsên)
• چاوتوند (çawtund)
• چاوتیژ (çawtîj)
• چاوتێر (çawtêr)
• چاوخێل (çawxêl)
• چاودێر (çawdêr)
• چاوزەرد (çawzerd)
• چاوزەق (çawzeq)
• چاوسوور (çawsûr)
• چاوسەوز (çawsewz)
• چاوشارکێ (çawşarkê)
• چاوشاش (çawşaş)
• چاوشۆڕ (çawşorr)
• چاوشین (çawşîn)
• چاولێکەر (çawlêker)
• چاومار (çawmar)
• چاومەست (çawmest)
• چاونەترس (çawnetirs)
• چاوپان (çawpan)
• چاوپشیلە (çawpişîle)
• چاوپۆش (çawpoş)
• چاوپیس (çawpîs)
• چاوچنۆک (çawçinok)
• چاوچەپەڵ (çawçepell)
• چاوڕوون (çawrrûn)
• چاوڕەش (çawrreş)
• چاوکاڵ (çawkall)
• چاوکراوە (çawkirawe)
• چاوکوتکە (çawkutke)
• چاوگ (çawig)
• چاویلکە (çawîlke)
• چاوێشە (çawêşe)
• چاوە (çawe)
• چاوەدوا (çawediwa)
• چاوەزار (çawezar)
• چاوەنواڕ (çaweniwarr)
• چاوەنۆڕ (çawenorr)
• چاوەچاو (çaweçaw)
• چاوەڕێ (çawerrê)

References

• Hejar (1990), “چاو”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 198
• Wahby, T.; Edmonds, C. J. (1966), “chaw”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 25

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čav (“fame, reputation”).

Noun

چاو • (çav) (definite accusative چاوی (çavı), plural چاولر (çavlar))

1. noise, various types of sounds, usually unwanted, unpleasant, or annoying

   Synonyms: آواز (avaz), سس (ses), صوت (savt), كورلدی (gürüldü)

2. reputation, fame, repute, name, what somebody or something is known for

   Synonyms: اوك (üñ), شان (şan), شهرت (şöhret)

3. 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

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^[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 178a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چاو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (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^[4], 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^[5], Vienna, column 1568

Etymology 2

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Noun

چاو • (çav) (definite accusative چاوی (çavı), plural چاولر (çavlar))

1. (anatomy) penis, the male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse and for urination

   Synonyms: ذكر (zeker), سیك (sik), كیر (kir)

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^[6], 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))

1. (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^[7], 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]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔw]

• Rhymes: -aːw

Readings
Classical reading?	čāw
Dari reading?	čāw
Iranian reading?	čâv
Tajik reading?	čov

Noun

چاو • (čâv)

1. (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.