çav

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From an earlier *čam < *čem, from Proto-Iranian *čášma (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“eye”). Cognate to Persian چشم‎ (češm), Baluchi چم‎ (čam).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃˤɑːv/
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  • Hyphenation: çav
  • Rhymes: -ɑːv

Noun

çav m (Arabic spelling چاڤ‎)

  1. eye

Derived terms
  • çavbirçî
  • çavî
  • bêçav
  • çavtêr
  • çavkirî
  • çavzîq
  • çavnebar
  • çavkanî
  • çavnas
  • çavbel
  • çavbelek
  • çavzer
  • çavteng
  • çavşil
  • çavşîn
  • çavşînk
  • çavgirtin
  • çavsor

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “çav”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press
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