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单词 yataghan
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Definition of yataghan in English:

yataghan

noun ˈjatəɡan-ˌɡan
historical
  • A sword without a guard and typically with a double-curved blade, used in Muslim countries.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Next to the table, on a chair covered in red velvet, I see a helmet, a yataghan [a curved Turkish saber], a large pistol with an ivory-inlaid grip.
    • Inscription on the yataghan blade: Made by Salih, owned by Salih-agha, 1672 (according to the Muslim calendar)
    • The yataghan has one-edged curved blade with ornamentation and Arabian lettering.
    • Short Turkish Swords - yataghans or curved daggers, were most frequently used for hand-to-hand combat where they usually were decisive for the result of combat, since the use of fire-arms had still been slow and unpractical.
    • The handle of yataghan is made of wood or deer horn.
    • The author presents this famous weapon of Osman Turks and the collection of yataghans in the State Museum of Oriental Art.
    • These flamboyant Turkish uniformed troops also had muskets with bayonets of this form, and a number of yataghan blade bayonets appeared for both U.S. and Confederate forces.
    • Turkish eighteenth-century yataghans are fine examples of artistic decoration: their wavy blades have near the hilt embossed plates with protruding coral insets.
    • In their splendid robes and richly ornamented yataghans, the gentlemen of the party lent unusual picturesqueness to the commonplace surroundings of a railway platform.

Origin

From Turkish yataǧan.

 
 

Definition of yataghan in US English:

yataghan

noun-ˌɡan
historical
  • A sword without a guard and typically with a double-curved blade, used in Muslim countries.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Turkish eighteenth-century yataghans are fine examples of artistic decoration: their wavy blades have near the hilt embossed plates with protruding coral insets.
    • The handle of yataghan is made of wood or deer horn.
    • The yataghan has one-edged curved blade with ornamentation and Arabian lettering.
    • Short Turkish Swords - yataghans or curved daggers, were most frequently used for hand-to-hand combat where they usually were decisive for the result of combat, since the use of fire-arms had still been slow and unpractical.
    • The author presents this famous weapon of Osman Turks and the collection of yataghans in the State Museum of Oriental Art.
    • These flamboyant Turkish uniformed troops also had muskets with bayonets of this form, and a number of yataghan blade bayonets appeared for both U.S. and Confederate forces.
    • Next to the table, on a chair covered in red velvet, I see a helmet, a yataghan [a curved Turkish saber], a large pistol with an ivory-inlaid grip.
    • In their splendid robes and richly ornamented yataghans, the gentlemen of the party lent unusual picturesqueness to the commonplace surroundings of a railway platform.
    • Inscription on the yataghan blade: Made by Salih, owned by Salih-agha, 1672 (according to the Muslim calendar)

Origin

From Turkish yataǧan.

 
 
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