çav
ku
Definition of çav
eye, glyph, eyes
Kurdish root word
çæ-(m/v/w)
Etymology
From Avestan čashman “eye”,
Proto Indo European root kʷéḱ-s-mn̥ “to see, bright, light” and *kʷeḱ- “to see”.
Luwian taw “an eye”,
Sanskrit cakş- “see, speak”,
Pali cakkhu,
Sogdian çaşmy,
Old Iranian *casman-,
Old Persian casa-,
Pahlawi (Middle Iranian) casm,
Persian casm,
Tajik čašm.
It also exists as a loan word in
Turkish çeşme “fountain, tap, drinking fountain, well”.
Updated on September 15, 2023