چابک
Persian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɑː.ˈβuk]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.bókʲ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔ.búk]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čāḇuk |
Dari reading? | čābuk |
Iranian reading? | čâbok |
Tajik reading? | čobuk |
Adjective
editDari | چابک |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | чобук |
چابک • (čâbok) (comparative چابکتَر (čâbok-tar), superlative چابکتَرین (čâbok-tarin))
Noun
editچابک • (čâbok)
Derived terms
edit- چابک زدن (čâbok zadan)
Descendants
edit- → Bengali: চাবুক (cabuk)
- → Hindustani:
- → Javanese: cambuk
- → Malay: cambuk
- → Marathi: चाबूक (cābūk)
- → Punjabi: ਚਾਬਕ (cābak)
References
edit- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճապուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, 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
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Persian چابک (čābuk).
Noun
editچابک • (cābuk) m (Hindi spelling चाबूक)
Adjective
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