çavuş
See also: cavus
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
From Turkish çavuş. Doublet of çovuş.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
çavuş (definite accusative çavuşu, plural çavuşlar)
Declension edit
Declension of çavuş | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | çavuş |
çavuşlar | ||||||
definite accusative | çavuşu |
çavuşları | ||||||
dative | çavuşa |
çavuşlara | ||||||
locative | çavuşda |
çavuşlarda | ||||||
ablative | çavuşdan |
çavuşlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | çavuşun |
çavuşların |
Further reading edit
- “çavuş” in Obastan.com.
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş, “herald, pursuivant, messenger, sergeant”), from Common Turkic *čabïš, from earlier *čabïĺ(č). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰲𐰉𐰾 (čb¹s² /čabïš/, “army commander”), Karakhanid [script needed] (čavïš, “the officer in battle who marshals the ranks”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
çavuş (definite accusative çavuşu, plural çavuşlar)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: çavuş
References edit
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çavuş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 399