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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Turkish çavuş. Doublet of çovuş.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: ça‧vuş
Noun
çavuş (definite accusative çavuşu, plural çavuşlar)
- sergeant
Declension
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
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 (čavïš, “the officer in battle who marshals the ranks”).
Pronunciation
Noun
çavuş (definite accusative çavuşu, plural çavuşlar)
- (military) sergeant
- (military) noncommissioned officer
Declension
Descendants
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çavuş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 399