چابک

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? čāḇuk
Dari reading? čābuk
Iranian reading? čâbok
Tajik reading? čobuk
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Adjective

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Dari چابک
Iranian Persian
Tajik чобук

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

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

Noun

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چابک (čâbok)

  1. (rare, obsolete) horsewhip

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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

Further reading

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

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian چابک (čābuk).

Noun

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چابک (cābukm (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. horsewhip

Adjective

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چابک (cābuk) (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. quick, fast