چاو

Central Kurdish

Noun

چاو (čaw)

eye

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

چاو • (çav)

(anatomy) penis

Descendants

Turkish: çav

Noun

چاو • (çav)

reputation; fame
news

Etymology 3

Possibly from Middle Chinese 鈔

Noun

چاو • (çav)

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

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چاو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 465
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چاو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 711

Persian

Etymology

From Chinese 鈔／钞 (chāo).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːw/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːw/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɒːw/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔv/

Noun

چاو • (čâv)

(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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