tchaouch

See also: Tchaouch

English

Etymology

Attested 1741.

Noun

tchaouch

  1. (historical) Obsolete spelling of chiaus
    • 1880, Sutherland Menzies (pseud. of Elizabeth Stone), Turkey old and new: historical, geographical and statistical, volume 1, London: W. H. Allen, →OCLC, page 255:
      Transylvania was vassal and tributary very nearly on the same conditions as Moldavia; on the death of John-Sigismond Zapoly, in 1571, the investiture was given by a tchaouch to Stephen Bathory, his successor.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tchaouch.

French

Etymology

Attested 1654.

Noun

tchaouch m (plural tchaouchs or tchaouches)

  1. (historical) Obsolete spelling of chaouch
    • 1822, Antoine Galland, edited by Édouard Gauttier d'Arc, Les mille et une nuits: contes arabes, […] , nouvelle edition, volume 4, Paris: Collin de Plancy, →OCLC, page 322:
      le grand vézyr à sa gauche, et les seigneurs à sa suite, précédé par les tchiaouch, et par les principaux officiers de sa maison.
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    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tchaouch.

References
  • "Tchaouch" in François Morenas, Dictionnaire portatif comprenant la géographie et l'histoire universelle, la chronologie, […] , Avignon: Louis-Chambeau, 1762, volume 8, p. 260. →OCLC.
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