𐰲𐰉𐰾
Appearance
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Common Turkic *čabïš (“commander”). Cognate with Turkish çavuş (“sergeant; noncommissioned officer”).
Noun
[edit]𐰲𐰉𐰾 (čabïš)
- commander
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS7
- 𐰋𐰠𐰏𐰾𐰃:𐰲𐰉𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰤:𐰝:𐰼𐱅𐰢
- bilgesi:čabïšï:ben:ök:ertim
- I, myself, was his advisor and commander.
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS7
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