چاو

Central Kurdish

Etymology

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

Noun

Northern Kurdish	çav

چاو (çaw)

1. eye

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

چاو • (çav)

1. (anatomy) penis

Descendants

• Turkish: çav

Etymology 2

Noun

چاو • (çav)

1. sound, voice

   Synonyms: آواز, صوت, آوازه, صیت

2. reputation; fame
3. news

Etymology 3

Possibly from Middle Chinese 鈔

Noun

چاو • (çav)

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

References

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 鈔／钞 (chāo).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑːw]

 

• (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]

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.