YATAGHAN (from Turk. yeitaghan; sometimes spelled in English " attaghan " and " ataghan ")

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YATAGHAN (from Turk. yeitaghan; sometimes spelled in English " attaghan " and " ataghan ") , the name of a type of

sword

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-
European
- EUROPEAN
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
meaning to wound)

common to

Mahommedan

MAHOMMEDAN

peoples. It has no guard or quillons, but a large and often decorated

pommel

POMMEL (through O. Fr. pomel, from a diminutive pomellus of Lat. pomum,
fruit
- FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)
, apple)

; its blade has a

double

DOUBLE
DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the
present
- PRESENT
pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

curve

CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

on the cutting edge, first concave and then

convex

CONVEX

; the back is usually straight (see

SWORD

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-
European
- EUROPEAN
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
meaning to wound)

).

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