sjambok

English - Turkish

Definition of sjambok in English Turkish dictionary

Hayvan derisinden yapılan kalın kırbaç

{f} kamçılamak

{f} kırbaçlamak

English - English

Definition of sjambok in English English dictionary

A stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide

To whip with a sjambok; to horsewhip

To whip with a sjambok. To horsewhip

Hyphenation

sjam·bok

Etymology

() Afrikaans, from the Javanese cambuk, and as borrowed in Malay: modern Indonesian and Malaysian. Originally spelt in the colonial Dutch transliteration tscamboek. Term 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.