Yataghan Definition

yatəgan

noun

A type of Turkish short saber with a double-curved blade and a handle without a guard.

Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Yataghan

Noun

Singular:

yataghan

Plural:

yataghans

Origin of Yataghan

Borrowing from Turkish yataÄŸan, from Old Turkic root yat- (“to bend, incline; to lie"), whence also words like yatmak (“to lie"), yatak (“bed"), yatay (“horizontal"), etc.

From Wiktionary
Turkish yataǧan

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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