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çau'sh nm [Hist] 1 army corporal in the Ottoman empire 2 adjutant 3 (in pre-Liberation Albania) municipal policeman 4 (in pre-Liberation Albania) administrator of public works 5 (Ornit) hoopoe (Upupa epops)

çav| stem for 1st & 2nd sg pdef < ça·n

çaval|i' vt to disfigure, deform, mutilate; garble [a message/report]