Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş, “herald, pursuivant, messenger, sergeant”), inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *čabïš. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰲𐰉𐰾 (čb¹s² /čabïš/, “army commander”), Karakhanid [script needed] (čavïš, “the officer in battle who marshals the ranks”).