karwats

Dutch

Alternative forms

• karbats (archaic)

Etymology

From older karbats, borrowed from German Karbatsche, from a Slavic language, from Ottoman Turkish قرباچ (kırbaç). Cognate with French cravache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑrˈʋɑts/

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• Hyphenation: kar‧wats
• Rhymes: -ɑts

Noun

karwats f (plural karwatsen, diminutive karwatsje n)

1. A single-piece, leather whip, mostly used as riding crop.

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: karbachi, karbaatsji, karbaatsje (from the diminutive)