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Jan 23, 2019
This week’s themeWell-traveled words
This week’s words
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prosopography
kurbash
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with Anu Gargkurbash or kourbash
PRONUNCIATION:
(KUHR/KOOR-bash) 
MEANING:
noun: A whip, especially one made of hippopotamus or rhinoceros hide.
verb tr.: To whip with a kurbash.
verb tr.: To whip with a kurbash.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Arabic kurbaj, from Turkish kirbaç. Earliest documented use: 1814.
USAGE:
“The officer was a lithe, dark woman marked by two ostrich plumes, and a leather kurbash hung on her left wrist.”
Clayton Emery; Star of Cursrah; Wizards of the Coast; 1999.
Clayton Emery; Star of Cursrah; Wizards of the Coast; 1999.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
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