karwats

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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)
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