Etymology

chabuk

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Today it means: A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East. Full definition →

Hindustani ← Classical Persian چابک
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromچابک“quick, swift; horsewhip”
  2. Hindustani · borrowed from
  3. English todaychabuk

From Hindustani چابک / चाबुक (cābuk), from Classical Persian چابک (čābuk, “quick, swift; horsewhip”). Doublet of sjambok.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.