Çavuş
Çavuş
Çavuşbaşı
Illustrations from Peter Mundy's A briefe relation of the Turckes, their kings, Emperors, or Grandsigneurs, their conquests, religion, customes, habbits, etc (1618)
Çavuş, also anglicized Chaush and Chiaus
The word gave rise to surnames, such as
former Yugoslavia, the word čauš was also sometimes applied to the wedding-planner.[12]
List of çavuşbaşı
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- Daut Bey (fl. 1484), served Sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481–1512)[16]
- Kuyumcu Süleyman Agha, served Grand Vizier Ipşir Pasha (1653–54)[17]
- Mehmed Raşid, served Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808–1839)[18]
- Mustafa Agha
- Ahmed Agha
- Selim Pasha
- Zulfiqar Agha
- Mohammed Haji-Ajvazade
- Abdul Kerim Izet
Modern Turkish military usage
In the modern Turkish Armed Forces, the rank of Çavuş is equivalent of "sergeant" (and NATO OR-5 rank), and ranks above the rank of Onbaşı ("corporal"). The insignia is two inverted chevrons, in red or camouflage pattern, depending on the dress.
See also
- Tzaousios, Byzantine title
- Chaush (India), Muslim community
References
- ^ "Chiaus". Merriam-Webster.
- ^ "تعريف و شرح و معنى شاويش بالعربي في معاجم اللغة العربية معجم المعاني الجامع، المعجم الوسيط ،اللغة العربية المعاصر ،الرائد ،لسان العرب ،القاموس المحيط - معجم عربي عربي صفحة 1".
- ^ "*Etimoloji: Kökenbilim, kelimelerin aslını ve evrimini inceleyen disiplin ~ EYun étymon "asıl" + logeía "bilim"". Nisanyansozluk.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ a b c d Stein 2007, p. 84.
- ^ a b Wilkins 2010, p. 122.
- ^ Başaran 2014, p. 186, Holt 2013, p. 238, Stein 2007, p. 84
- ^ Başaran 2014, p. 186, Stein 2007, p. 84
- ^ a b Başaran 2014, p. 186.
- ISBN 978-9944-5163-0-3.
- ^ Rječnik 1882, p. 916, Ujević 1942, p. 207
- ^ Šimunović 1995, p. 10.
- ^ a b c d e Ujević 1942, p. 207.
- ^ Rječnik 1882, p. 916, Ujević 1942, p. 207
- ^ Rječnik 1882, p. 916, Ujević 1942, p. 207
- ^ Jan Karłowicz. Imiona własne polskich miejsc i ludzi od zatrudnień. Warszawa, 1887. p. 5.
- ^ Zbornik za istoriju, jezik i književnost srpskog naroda: Spomenici na srpskom jeziku. 1. odeljenje. 1934. p. 352.
- ISBN 978-0-7914-0640-3.
- ISBN 978-0-520-08241-0.
Sources
- Başaran, Betül (2014). Selim III, Social Control and Policing in Istanbul at the End of the Eighteenth Century: Between Crisis and Order. BRILL. pp. 186–. ISBN 978-90-04-27455-6.
- Holt, P. M. (2013). Studies in the History of the Near East. Routledge. pp. 238–. ISBN 978-1-136-27331-5.
- Šimunović, Petar (1995). Hrvatska prezimena: podrijetlo, značenje, rasprostranjenost. Golden Marketing. p. 10. ISBN 978-953-6168-16-3.
- Stein, Mark L. (2007). Guarding the Frontier: Ottoman Border Forts and Garrisons in Europe. I.B.Tauris. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-0-85771-313-1.
- Ujević, Mate (1942). Hrvatska enciklopedija. Vol. 4. Konzorcija Hrvatske enciklopedije. p. 207.
- Wilkins, Charles L. (2010). Forging Urban Solidarities: Ottoman Aleppo 1640-1700. BRILL. pp. 122–. ISBN 978-90-04-16907-4.
- Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika. U knížarnici L. Hartmana na prodaju. 1882. p. 916.
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