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Tchad

Danish

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Proper noun

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Tchad

  1. Chad (a country in Central Africa)
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French

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Tchad m

  1. Chad (a country in Central Africa)

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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Tchad.

Proper noun

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Tchad m

  1. (Jersey) Chad (a country in Central Africa)

Norwegian Bokmål

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The flag of Chad.
 
Chad in Africa.
 
Guelta d'Archei on the Ennedi Plateau in Chad.

Alternative forms

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  • Tsjad (current standard spelling)

Etymology

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Internationalism, based on French Tchad, the French name of the country, from the name of Lake Chad. The lake name is traditionally connected with tsade (“lake; large expanse of water”), though its deeper origin is uncertain.

In 1995, Tchad was superseded by Tsjad as the standard Norwegian spelling.

Compare the parallel international adaptations Danish Tchad, Swedish Tchad, German Tschad and English Chad.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Tchad

  1. superseded spelling of Tsjad (“Chad”); superseded in 1995. Chad; a country in Central Africa, Africa, now spelled Tsjad in standard Norwegian.
    Borgerkrigen i Tchad fikk stor internasjonal oppmerksomhet på 1980-tallet. ― The civil war in Chad received considerable international attention in the 1980s.
    • 1990, Ottar Rønneseth, “Tubu-folket Teda i Tibesti-fjellene i Nord Tchad”, in Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, volume 44, number 3, page 149:
      Tubu-folket Teda i Tibesti-fjellene i Nord Tchad
      The Teda Tubu people in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad

Derived terms

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  • tchader (“a Chadian”) (superseded in 1995)
  • tchadisk (“Chadian”) (superseded in 1995)

See also

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countries in Africa: land i Afrika (appendix)edit

References

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  • “Rettskrivningsvedtak 1962–2003”, Språkrådet.
  • Ketil Fred Hansen, “Tsjad” in Store norske leksikon.
  • Ottar Rønneseth (1990), “Tubu-folket Teda i Tibesti-fjellene i Nord Tchad”, Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, volume 44, number 3, pages 149–169.
  • Henry Tourneux (2019), “Le nom des Sao : essai d’étymologie”, Comptes rendus du Groupe Linguistique d’Études Chamito-Sémitiques, pages 135–144.

Swedish

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Tchad n (genitive Tchads)

  1. Chad (a country in Central Africa)
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countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Tchad.

Proper noun

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Tchad

  1. Chad (a country in Central Africa)
  2. Lake Chad (a freshwater lake at the junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon in Central Africa)

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