چاو

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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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 鈔／钞 (chāo).

Pronunciation

 

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.
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