FromMiddle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] ( cʾp̄wk' /čābuk/ ,“ agile, nimble; excellent ” ) , suffixed from an unattested root borrowed asOld Armenian ճեպ ( čep ,“ haste ” ) . Akin toOld Armenian ճապուկ ( čapuk ) ,Old Georgian ჭაპუკი ( č̣aṗuḳi ) ,ჭაბუკი ( č̣abuḳi ) , Middle Iranian borrowings.
Readings Classical reading? čābuk Dari reading? čābuk Iranian reading? čâbok Tajik reading? čobuk
Dari چابک Iranian Persian Tajik чобук
چابک • (čâbok ) (comparative چابکتَر ,superlative چابکتَرین )
quick ,fast ,swift sharp ,acute beautiful چابک • (čâbok )
( rare , obsolete ) horsewhip → Azerbaijani:çevik → Ottoman Turkish:چابوق ( çabuk ) ,چاپوق ( çapuk ) ,چابك ( çabük ) ,چاپك ( çapük ) ,چاپوك ( çapük ) ,چویك ( çevik ) → Bengali:চাবুক ( cabuk ) → Hindustani:Hindi:चाबुक ( cābuk ) Urdu:چابک ( cābuk ) → Javanese:cambuk → Malay:cambuk Indonesian:cambuk → Dutch:sjambok Afrikaans:sjambok → English:sjambok ,sambock ,sambok ,shambock ,shambok ,shambuck ,sjambock ,shambock ,shambok ,sjambock ,sjamboke → Marathi:चाबूक ( cābūk ) → Punjabi:ਚਾਬਕ ( cābak ) Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977 ) “ճապուկ ”, inHayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary ] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press,page188a MacKenzie, D. N. (1971 ) “čābuk”, inA concise Pahlavi dictionary , London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University PressBailey, H. W. (1979 )Dictionary of Khotan Saka , Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page143a FromClassical Persian چابک ( čābuk ) .
چابک • (cābuk ) m (Hindi spelling चाबूक )
horsewhip چابک • (cābuk ) (Hindi spelling चाबूक )
quick ,fast