tulwar

[tuhl-wahr, tuhl-wahr]

noun

1. any of several Indian sabers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tulwar¹

1825–35; < Hindi talwār, tarwār < Sanskrit taravāri

Example Sentences

Having removed her shoes as custom dictates, the Queen received a tulwar ceremonial sword as a gift at the end of her visit to the Sikh Gurdhwara Temple, Leicester's first such site, on 1 August 2002.

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Crossing a brick bridge over a trifling stream, and passing through the large village of Tulwar, where men who were burying a corpse politely laid fried funeral-cakes flavoured with sesamum on my saddle-bow, we ascended over low scorched hills, much ploughed for winter sowing, to the beehive village of Babarashan, of 180 houses, abundantly supplied with water, where we camped close to some tents of the Kara Tepe and a large caravan.

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When some twenty yards distant, a touch on the rein caused his horse to swerve slightly to the left, and the nearest Turk, dropping his rifle, drew his tulwar and aimed a sweeping cut at Burnet as he flashed by.

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The Turk gave a shout of triumph, flourished his tulwar, and came galloping on.

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Tulwar, tul′w�r, n. a Sikh form of sabre.

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