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yataghan|ˈjætəgæn|
Also yatagan; ataghan.
[a. Turkish yātāghan.]
A sword of Muslim countries, having a handle without a guard and often a double-curved blade.
1819T. Hope Anastasius (1820) I. iii. 52, I began hacking and hewing with my yatagan. 1837Gambler's Dream I. 144 With our flowing garments, our turbans, and our yataghans, we conquered Asia under the standard of the Prophet. 1881Blackw. Mag. May 566/1 The curved Arab yataghans with an outside edge. 1894D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 125 A Circassian..flourishing..a formidable looking yataghan. |