𐰲𐰉𐰾

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *čabïš (“commander”). Cognate with Turkish çavuş (“sergeant; noncommissioned officer”).

Noun

𐰲𐰉𐰾 (čabïš)

1. commander
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS7

     𐰋𐰠𐰏𐰾𐰃:𐰲𐰉𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰤:𐰝:𐰼𐱅𐰢

     bilgesi:čabïšï:ben:ök:ertim

     I, myself, was his advisor and commander.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968), “čabïs”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 322
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “çavuş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 399
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*čAbuĺ(č)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill