चिबुक

See also: चाबुक, चिंबुक, and चुंबक

Hindi

Etymology

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Sanskrit चिबुक (cibuka)bor.

Hindi चिबुक (cibuk)

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिबुक (cibuka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪ.bʊk/

Noun

चिबुक • (cibuk) f or m (Urdu spelling چِبُک)

1. (anatomy) chin

   Synonyms: हनु (hanu), ठोड़ी (ṭhoṛī), ठुड्डी (ṭhuḍḍī)

Declension

Declension of चिबुक (fem cons-stem // masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चिबुक cibuk	चिबुकें, चिबुक cibukẽ, cibuk
oblique	चिबुक cibuk	चिबुकों cibukõ
vocative	चिबुक cibuk	चिबुको cibuko

Alternative forms

• चिंबुक (cimbuk)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चिबुक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1549
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चिबुक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 318
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “चिबुक”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 210
• “चिबुक”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Old Awadhi

Noun

चिबुक (cibuka)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑂒𑂱𑂥𑂳𑂍 (“chin”)
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa :

     सरद मयंक बदन छबि सींवा ।
     चारु कपोल चिबुक दर ग्रीवा ॥

     sarada mayaṃka badana chabi sīṃvā.
     cāru kapola cibuka dara grīvā.

     The moon of the Sharad Purnima is the outline of his face,
     Beautiful are his cheek and chin, and his neck is like the shankha.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চিবুক (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬶᬩᬸᬓ (Balinese script)
• চিবুক (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰰𑰤𑰲𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀺𑀩𑀼𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• စိဗုက (Burmese script)
• ચિબુક (Gujarati script)
• ਚਿਬੁਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌿𑌬𑍁𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦶꦧꦸꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂱𑂥𑂳𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಿಬುಕ (Kannada script)
• ចិពុក (Khmer script)
• ຈິພຸກ (Lao script)
• ചിബുക (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡳᠪᡠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘱𑘤𑘳𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠢᠪᠤᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧒𑧄𑧔𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐶𑐧𑐸𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଚିବୁକ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢶꢨꢸꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆴𑆧𑆶𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖰𑖤𑖲𑖎 (Siddham script)
• චිබුක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩑𑩲𑩒𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚮𑚠𑚰𑚊 (Takri script)
• சிபு³க (Tamil script)
• చిబుక (Telugu script)
• จิพุก (Thai script)
• ཙི་བུ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒱𑒥𑒳𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨁𑨠𑨃𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Alternative forms

• चुबुक (cubuka), छुबुक (chubuka)

Etymology

Of Austroasiatic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕi.bu.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕi.bu.kɐ/

Noun

चिबुक • (cibuka) stem, n

1. (anatomy) chin

   Synonym: हनु (hanu)

   • c. 600 BCE – 200 BCE, Caraka, Caraka Saṃhitā
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 5.17.7:

     लम्बकर्णललाटां च लम्बोदरपयोधराम् ।
     लम्बौष्ठीं चुबुकौष्ठीं च लम्बास्यां लम्बजानुकाम् ॥

     lambakarṇalalāṭāṃ ca lambodarapayodharām.
     lambauṣṭhīṃ cubukauṣṭhīṃ ca lambāsyāṃ lambajānukām.

     [Hanuman saw demonesses] having hanging ears on the forehead, another having a long belly till the breast, another having big hanging lips, another had long lips hanging up to the chin, another having a long face and another having long knees.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of चिबुक (cibuka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चिबुकम् cibukam	चिबुके cibuke	चिबुकानि / चिबुका¹ cibukāni / cibukā¹
Vocative	चिबुक cibuka	चिबुके cibuke	चिबुकानि / चिबुका¹ cibukāni / cibukā¹
Accusative	चिबुकम् cibukam	चिबुके cibuke	चिबुकानि / चिबुका¹ cibukāni / cibukā¹
Instrumental	चिबुकेन cibukena	चिबुकाभ्याम् cibukābhyām	चिबुकैः / चिबुकेभिः¹ cibukaiḥ / cibukebhiḥ¹
Dative	चिबुकाय cibukāya	चिबुकाभ्याम् cibukābhyām	चिबुकेभ्यः cibukebhyaḥ
Ablative	चिबुकात् cibukāt	चिबुकाभ्याम् cibukābhyām	चिबुकेभ्यः cibukebhyaḥ
Genitive	चिबुकस्य cibukasya	चिबुकयोः cibukayoḥ	चिबुकानाम् cibukānām
Locative	चिबुके cibuke	चिबुकयोः cibukayoḥ	चिबुकेषु cibukeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀩𑀼𑀅 (cibua)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “चिबुक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 398.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “cibuka”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “चिबुक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 710