چاو
Central Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *čášma (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“eye”).
Noun edit
Northern Kurdish | çav |
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چاو (çaw)
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
چاو • (çav)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: çav
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
چاو • (çav)
Etymology 3 edit
Possibly from Middle Chinese 鈔
Noun edit
چاو • (çav)
- A form of paper money of the Yuan dynasty in China.
References edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 465
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چاو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 711
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɑːw]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːv]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔw]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čāw |
Dari reading? | čāw |
Iranian reading? | čâv |
Tajik reading? | čov |
Noun edit
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.