چاو

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Central Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Northern Kurdish çav

چاو (çaw)

  1. eye

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

چاو (çav)

  1. (anatomy) penis
Descendants[edit]
  • Turkish: çav

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

چاو (çav)

  1. sound, voice
    Synonyms: آواز, صوت, آوازه, صیت
  2. reputation; fame
  3. news

Etymology 3[edit]

Possibly from Middle Chinese

Noun[edit]

چاو (çav)

  1. A form of paper money of the Yuan dynasty in China.

References[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Chinese (chāo).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

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

Noun[edit]

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.