𐰲𐰉𐰾

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Common Turkic *čabïš (“commander”). Cognate with Turkish çavuş (“sergeant; noncommissioned officer”).

Noun[edit]

𐰲𐰉𐰾 (čabïš)

  1. commander
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS7
      𐰋𐰠𐰏𐰾𐰃:𐰲𐰉𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰤:𐰝:𐰼𐱅𐰢
      bilgesi:čabïšï:ben:ök:ertim
      I, myself, was his advisor and commander.

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “čabïs”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 322
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çavuş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 399
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čAbuĺ(č)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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