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Spanish
Etymology
a. 1567, possibly from Portuguese chaus.[1] Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş, “messenger, herald, lictor, sergeant”). Cognate Turkish çavuş.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈt͡ʃauθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃaus/
- Rhymes: -auθ
- Rhymes: -aus
- Syllabification: chauz
Noun
chauz m (plural chauces)
- (historical) chiaus
1567, Francisco Balbi di Correggio, La verdadera relacion de todo lo q este año de MDLXV ha sucedido en la Isla de Malta , Alcalá de Henares: Juan de Villanueva, →OCLC, page 51:[…] y lo ſacaron alas caſas dela Burmola, adonde le dexaron yr para ſu chauz: pero Dios ſabe con que turbacion, por el miedo paſſado.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chauz.
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