tulwar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tulwar
1825–35; < Hindi talwār, tarwār < Sanskrit taravāri
Example Sentences
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It isn't like Daddy's sword, nor Khodadad Khan's tulwar.
From Snake and Sword A Novel by Percival Christopher Wren
After rejecting many necklaces and crowns that I did not deem to be of sufficient splendour, I finally fixed upon a tulwar, which I found in a box of mother-of-pearl by itself.
From Athelstane Ford by Allen Upward
A fire blazed high and in its light men leaped and whirled in a mad dance with tulwar blades catching and reflecting the red gleam of flames.
From The Defiant Agents by Andre Norton
Give up your English sword, and take the tulwar I will place in your hands.”
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by William Heysham Overend
Others, lean, dark men, with bound jaws and only a tulwar for weapon, dive in and out of the dark alleys, on errands of State.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
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