chabuk

chabuk

English

Alternative forms

• chabouk, chaubac, chaubuck, chawbuck

Etymology

From Hindi चाबुक (cābuk), Urdu چابک‎, from Classical Persian چابک‎ (čâbok, “quick, swift; horsewhip”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɑːbʊk/

Noun

chabuk (plural chabuks)

1. (now historical) A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.
   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 98:

     Shut your mouths and get back to work or I'll whip you with my own chabuk.

References

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “chawbuck”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 185.
• 1885, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India