scimitar

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

sword

saber

sabre

yataghan

scimiter

sickle

cutlass

sapele mahogany

knife

🔪

rapier

simitar

African scented mahogany

cedar mahogany

Translations

cimeterre

scimitarra

Krummsäbel

cimitarra

kromsabel

cimitarra

Scimitar

alfanje

simitarra

sabre

kromzwaard

sable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪmɪtɑːɹ/

Etymology

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.