English Explanatory Dictionary

yataghan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈjætəɡæn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-yataghan.wav

Word forms

yataghan yataghans ataghan yatagan yatigan

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Turkish sword
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