Časlav is a
Slavic
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Peoples
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** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples
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given name, which has several spelling variants: Časlav (
Cyrillic
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: Часлав) in
Serbian
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* Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular
**Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans
** Serbian language
** Serbian culture
**Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...
, Čáslav or Čéslav in
Czech
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** Czech language
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* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
, and Czasław or Czesław in
Polish
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* Polish chicken
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. In medieval Greek texts, the name is spelled as Τζασθλάβος. The name consists of two elements, ''ča'' and ''slav''. The element ''ča'' is a Slavic
root
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meaning "to await" or "to look forward to", expressing the idea that the child is an eagerly awaited gift. The element ''slav'' is very common in Slavic
anthroponym
Anthroponymy (also anthroponymics or anthroponomastics, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ''anthrōpos'', 'human', and ὄνομα ''onoma'', 'name') is the study of ''anthroponyms'', the proper names of human beings, both individual and coll ...
s. It comes from ''slava'' "glory", and has the sense of "good name" in the given names.
Notable people named Časlav:
*
Časlav Klonimirović, ruler of
Serbia
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(927–960)
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Časlav Đorđević
Časlav Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Часлав Ђорђевић; born 16 February 1942) is a Serbian writer and a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia
The Association of Writers of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: Удружењ ...
, Serbian writer
See also
*
Czesław
Czesław, (, , ) is an old given name derived from the Slavic elements ''ča'' (to await) and ''slava'' (glory). Feminine form: Czesława/Česlava. The name may refer to:
* Ceslaus, Christian Saint
* Czesław Białobrzeski, Polish physicist
* ...
*
Čáslav (disambiguation)
References
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Slavic masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names
Masculine given names