چابک

Persian

Alternative forms
  • چابوک‎ (čâbuk)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾp̄wk' /čābuk/, “agile, nimble; excellent”), suffixed from an unattested root borrowed as Old Armenian ճեպ (čep, “haste”). Akin to Old Armenian ճապուկ (čapuk), Old Georgian ჭაპუკი (č̣aṗuḳi), ჭაბუკი (č̣abuḳi), Middle Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔˈbuk/

Adjective

چابک • (čâbok) (comparative چابک‌تَر‎ (čâbok-tar), superlative چابک‌تَرین‎ (čâbok-tarin))

  1. quick, fast, swift
  2. sharp, acute
  3. beautiful

Noun

چابک • (čâbok)

  1. (rare, obsolete) horsewhip

Derived terms
  • چابک زدن‎ (čâbok zadan)

Descendants

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ճապուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 188a
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “čābuk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Further reading
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 143a

Urdu

Noun

چابک • (cābuk) m (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. horsewhip

Adjective

چابک • (cābuk) (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. quick, fast
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