chabuk
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Hindustani چابک / चाबुक (cābuk), from Classical Persian چابک (čābuk, “quick, swift; horsewhip”). Doublet of sjambok.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchabuk (plural chabuks)
- (now historical) A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 98:
- Shut your mouths and get back to work or I'll whip you with my own chabuk.
References
edit- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “chawbuck”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 185.
- Edward Balfour (1885) Cyclopaedia of India
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