tulwar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tulwar
1825–35; < Hindi talwār, tarwār < Sanskrit taravāri
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC
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.
From Project Gutenberg
The Turk gave a shout of triumph, flourished his tulwar, and came galloping on.
From Project Gutenberg
Tulwar, tul′w�r, n. a Sikh form of sabre.
From Project Gutenberg
His poetic faculties, acted upon by an intelligence that was profound, and by a wit as cutting as the tulwar of a Persian soldier, swayed him hither and thither upon the sea of daily doubts and fears which are part of man's existence.
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