چاو
Central Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *čášma (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“eye”).
Ottoman Turkish
Descendants
- Turkish: çav
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
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɑːw]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːw]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːw]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäw]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːv]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔw]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čāw |
| Dari reading? | čāw |
| Iranian reading? | čâv |
| Tajik reading? | čov |
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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