scimitar

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

γιαταγάνι

χαντζάρι

Συνώνυμα

sword

saber

sabre

yataghan

scimiter

sickle

cutlass

sapele mahogany

knife

🔪

rapier

simitar

African scented mahogany

cedar mahogany

Μεταφράσεις

scimitarra

cimeterre

cimitarra

Krummsäbel

cimitarra

kromsabel

Scimitar

sabre

alfanje

simitarra

sable

terciado

enli kılıç

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈsɪmɪtɑːɹ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.