karwats
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- karbats (archaic)
Etymology edit
From older karbats, borrowed from German Karbatsche, from a Slavic language, from Ottoman Turkish قرباچ (kırbaç). Cognate with French cravache.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
karwats f (plural karwatsen, diminutive karwatsje n)
- A single-piece, leather whip, mostly used as riding crop.
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: karbachi, karbaatsji, karbaatsje (from the diminutive)