different between turkish vs chiaus

English

Alternative forms

• Chaoosh, chaoosh, Chaoush, chaoush, chaoux, Chaus, chaus, chawush, chiaous, chiause, chiaush, Chiauss, chiauss, Chiaux, chiaux, chiaoux, choush, tchaouch, tchaous (obsolete)
• Chiaus

Etymology

First attested c. 1600, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (çavu?, “messenger, herald, licitor, sergeant”). Cognate with Turkish çavu?, Old Turkic ????????????? (?abïš, “army commander”). Doublet of chouse.

Pronunciation

• enPR: chous, choush, IPA^(key): /t?a?s/, /t?a??/
• Hyphenation: chiaus

Noun

chiaus (plural chiauses)

1. (historical) An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.
2. (historical) An Ottoman Empire çavu? (“sergeant”).
3. Obsolete spelling of chouse (“a swindler”)

Verb

chiaus (third-person singular simple present chiauses, present participle chiausing, simple past and past participle chiaused)

1. Obsolete spelling of chouse (“cheat, trick, swindle”)

References

• “chiaus” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “chiaus, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000
• chiaus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• chouse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.