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attaghan

attaghan is the archaic form of yataghan.

Meaning of yataghan

Noun

yataghan (plural yataghans)

  1. A type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries.
    • The angry-faced official communicated the intelligence to a large group of Anadolian, Caramanian, Bosniac, and Roumelian Turks,— sturdy, undersized, broad-shouldered, bare-legged, splay-footed, horny-fisted, dark-browed, honest-looking mountaineers, who were lounging about with long pistols and...1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 22
    Synonyms:
    Turkish sword

Forms of attaghan

pluralattaghans

Questions about attaghan

What is attaghan the archaic form of?
Attaghan is the archaic form of yataghan.

Words near attaghan in the dictionary

  1. attackworthy
  2. Attadale
  3. attagal
  4. attagen
  5. attagens
  6. attaghan
  7. attaghans
  8. attagirl
  9. attagirls
  10. attain
  11. attain'd

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