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Yataghan

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A Turkish sword or scimitar having a double-curved blade and an eared pommel, but lacking a handle guard.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The sword of Mohammedan nations, peculiar in having no guard and no crosspiece, but usually a large and often decorative pommel.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge

Word Usage

"Marvand, the Surgeon-Major of an Algerian regiment, reports the case of a young Arab woman who had been severely injured in the right lumbar region by a weapon called a "yataghan," an instrument which has only one cutting edge."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

knife

Variant

ataghan attaghan

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

Turkish sword

Same Context

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