چابک

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian (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

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

Dari چابک
Iranian Persian
Tajik чобук

چابک (čâbok) (comparative چابک‌تَر, superlative چابک‌تَرین)

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

Noun

چابک (čâbok)

  1. (rare, obsolete) horsewhip

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • 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

  • 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 (cābukm (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. horsewhip

Adjective

چابک (cābuk) (Hindi spelling चाबूक)

  1. quick, fast