yataghan
/ˈjætəɡæn/
yataghan noun: a type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries.
Noun
yataghan (plural yataghans)
- 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
- A Montenegrin perceived it and ran immediately to him and drew his yataghan, saying, “You are very brave, and must wish that I should cut off your head rather than that you should fall into the hands of the enemy.”1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 1041
- Synonyms:
- Turkish sword
yataghan meaning in Tamil and Urdu
yataghan in Tamil
- உடைவாள்
yataghan in Urdu
- لمبا خنجر, ترک تلوار
Synonyms of yataghan
- Turkish sword
Forms of yataghan
| plural | yataghans |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ataghan |
| alternative form | yatagan |
| alternative form | yatigan |
Origin of yataghan
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یتاغان (modern Turkish yatağan), related to Old Turkic [script needed] (yat-, “to bend, incline; to lie”), whence also words like yatmak (“to lie”), yatak (“bed”), yatay (“horizontal”), etc.
Questions about yataghan
- What does yataghan mean?
- Yataghan means a type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries.
- What is yataghan in Tamil?
- Yataghan in Tamil is உடைவாள். See Yataghan meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is yataghan?
- Yataghan is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yataghan?
- Yataghan is pronounced /ˈjætəɡæn/.
- What is the plural of yataghan?
- The plural of yataghan is yataghans.
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