Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾp̄wk' /⁠čābuk⁠/, agile, nimble; excellent), suffixed from an unattested root borrowed as Old Armenian ճեպ (čep, haste). Akin to Old Armenian ճապուկ (čapuk), Old Georgian ჭაპუკი (č̣aṗuḳi), ჭაბუკი (č̣abuḳi), Middle Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation edit

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Readings
Classical reading? čāḇuk
Dari reading? čābuk
Iranian reading? čâbok
Tajik reading? čobuk

Adjective edit

Dari چابک
Iranian Persian
Tajik чобук

چابک (čâbok) (comparative چابک‌تَر (čâbok-tar), superlative چابک‌تَرین (čâbok-tarin))

  1. quick, fast, swift
  2. sharp, acute
  3. beautiful

Noun edit

چابک (čâbok)

  1. (rare, obsolete) horsewhip

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ճապուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 188a
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “čābuk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Further reading edit

  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 143a

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian چابک (čābuk).

Noun edit

چابک (cābukm (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. horsewhip

Adjective edit

چابک (cābuk) (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. quick, fast