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/
- Hyphenation: kar‧wats
- Rhymes: -ɑts
Noun
karwats f (plural karwatsen, diminutive karwatsje n)
- A single-piece, leather whip, mostly used as riding crop.
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: karbachi, karbaatsji, karbaatsje (from the diminutive)