Meanings
nounchabuk (plural chabuks)
plural chabuks · alternative chabouk · alternative chaubac · alternative chaubuck · alternative chawbuck
- historicalA long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.
Shut your mouths and get back to work or I'll whip you with my own chabuk.
2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 98
Origin
- Classical Persianچابک“quick, swift; horsewhip”
- Hindustani
- Englishchabuk
From Hindustani چابک / चाबुक (cābuk), from Classical Persian چابک (čābuk, “quick, swift; horsewhip”). Doublet of sjambok.
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