scimitar

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.
2. A long-handled billhook.

Verb

To strike or slice with, or as if with, a scimitar.

Conceptes

simitarra

Sinònims

sword

saber

sabre

yataghan

scimiter

sickle

cutlass

sapele mahogany

knife

🔪

rapier

simitar

African scented mahogany

cedar mahogany

Traduccions

scimitarra

cimeterre

cimitarra

Krummsäbel

kromsabel

cimitarra

Scimitar

alfanje

sabre

sabel

kromzwaard

sable

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɪmɪtɑːɹ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

First attested in 1548. From Middle French cimeterre (15c.) or directly from Italian scimitarra, possibly from an unknown Ottoman Turkish word, ultimately from Persian شمشیر (šamšir, “sword”). Doublet of shamshir.