Sjambok Definition

shăm-bŏk, -bŭk
noun
In South Africa, a whip traditionally made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.
Webster's New World
verb
To strike or flog with a sjambok.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sjambok

Noun

Singular:
sjambok
Plural:
sjamboks

Origin of Sjambok

  • From Afrikaans, from the Javanese cambuk, and as borrowed in Malay: modern Indonesian and Malay. Originally spelt in the colonial Dutch transliteration tscamboek. The term was imported by VOC officials, Dutch merchants, the Maardijkers (Maluku (Moluccan) freemen and burghers), and Inlanders (Javanese and other modern Indonesian slaves and political exiles expelled to Dutch South Africa).

    From Wiktionary

  • Afrikaans from Malay cambuk whip from Hindi cābuk from Persian chābuk from Middle Persian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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