Časlav is a Slavic given name, which has several spelling variants: Časlav (Cyrillic: Часлав) in Serbian, Čáslav or Čéslav in Czech, and Czasław or Czesław in Polish. 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 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 anthroponyms. It comes from slava "glory", and has the sense of "good name" in the given names.[1][2]

Časlav
Pronunciation[ˈtʃaslaʋ]
Gendermale
Language(s)Slavic
Origin
Language(s)Slavic
Derivationča- + slav[a]
Meaning"to await" + "glory"
Region of originSlavic
Other names
Variant form(s)Čáslav, Čéslav, Czasław, Czesław

Notable people named Časlav:

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References

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  1. ^ Miklosich, Franz (1860), Die Bildung der slavischen Personennamen (in German), Vienna: Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hoff- und Staatdruckerei, pp. 30, 98, 113
  2. ^ Miklosich, Franz (1886), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slawischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, p. 30