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talwar

talwar is the alternative spelling of tulwar.

Meaning of tulwar

Noun

tulwar (plural tulwars)

  1. A type of curved sword used in India and throughout South Asia.
    • Each man carries a tulwar,‡ as well as either a carabine or lance, besides sometimes on the day of battle, pistol and dagger. In the matter of slinging the tulwar, a useful hint is afforded to our dragoon officers.1863, George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray (editors), The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 7, George Smith, page 42

Proper noun capitalized: Talwar

Talwar (plural Talwars)

  1. A surname from Punjabi.

Forms of talwar

Noun
pluraltalwars
Proper noun
pluralTalwars

Origin of talwar

Borrowed from Punjabi ਤਲਵਾਰ (talvār).

Questions about talwar

What does talwar mean?
Talwar means a surname from Punjabi.
What is talwar the alternative spelling of?
Talwar is the alternative spelling of tulwar.
What part of speech is talwar?
Talwar is a proper noun.

Words near talwar in the dictionary

  1. taluqdars
  2. taluqs
  3. talus
  4. Talusan
  5. taluses
  6. talwar
  7. talwars
  8. talweg
  9. talwege
  10. talwegs
  11. talwood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: talwar (page history and authors); Talwar (page history and authors); tulwar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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