chauz

Spanish

Etymology

a. 1567, possibly from Portuguese chaus.[1] Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş, “messenger, herald, lictor, sergeant”). Cognate Turkish çavuş.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈt͡ʃauθ/ [ˈt͡ʃau̯θ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈt͡ʃaus/ [ˈt͡ʃau̯s]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -auθ
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -aus
  • Syllabification: chauz

Noun

chauz m (plural chauces)

  1. (historical) chiaus
    • 1567, Francisco Balbi di Correggio, La verdadera relacion de todo lo q[ue] este año de MDLXV ha sucedido en la Isla de Malta […] , Alcalá de Henares: Juan de Villanueva, →OCLC, page 51:
      […] y lo ſacaron alas caſas dela Burmola, adonde le dexaron yr para ſu chauz: pero Dios ſabe con que turbacion, por el miedo paſſado.
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    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chauz.

References
  1. “chauz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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