yatağan

Concepts

yataghan

scimitar

yatagan

Translations

Yatagan

yatagan

Jatagan

γιαταγάνι

iatagã

yatagán

cimeterre

Krummsäbel

scimitarra

yatagan

iatagano

iatagan

kromsabel

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: یتاغان

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish یتاغان (yatağan), from Proto-Turkic *yat- (“to bend, incline; to lie”), whence also yatmak. Can be analyzed as yat- (“to lie down”) + -ağan (“habitual suffix”).