yataghan

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

yatagan

Synonymes

scimitar

cutlass

yatagan

simitar

scimiter

Traductions

Yatagan

yatagán

γιαταγάνι

yatağan

Jatagan

yatagan

iatagã

scimitarra

iatagan

iatagano

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈjætəɡæn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à turc: yatağan

In summary

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.