چابک

Persian

Alternative forms
  • چابوک (čâbuk), چاپک (čâpok), چاپوک (čâpuk)

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
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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.bʊ́k]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.bʊ́k]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔː.búk]

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

Adjective
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

چابک • (čâbok)

  1. (rare, obsolete) horsewhip

Derived terms
  • چابک زدن (čâbok zadan)

Descendants

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճապուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (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
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 143a

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian چابک (čābuk).

Noun

چابک • (cābuk) m (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. horsewhip

Adjective

چابک • (cābuk) (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. quick, fast
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