yataghan

American  

[yat-uh-gan, -guhn, yah-tah-gahn] / ˈjæt əˌgæn, -gən, ˌjɑ tɑˈgɑn /

Also ataghan or yatagan

noun

1. a Turkish saber having a doubly curved blade, concave toward the hilt, and a hilt with a prominent pommel and no guard.

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yataghan British  

/ ˈjætəɡən /

noun

1. a Turkish sword with a curved single-edged blade

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Etymology

Origin of yataghan

First recorded in 1810–20, yataghan is from the Turkish word yatağan

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Example Sentences

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yataghan

Only concrete indication of how the President felt with Congress' yataghan in his back last week was a note to Majority Leader Rayburn.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon Franklin Roosevelt, the net effect was comparable to that of having his own party toss a yataghan 15 blocks up Pennsylvania Avenue and put it squarely in between his shoulder blades.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was armed with a pair of enormous pistols and a yataghan, and was, altogether, a formidable fellow to look upon.

From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by John Lloyd Stephens

I have a yataghan for you, Colonel, and a khandjar for Auguste.

From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by Prosper M?rim?e

I could see through the darkness the shining butts of his pistols and hilt of his yataghan, and took his dimensions with more anxiety, perhaps, than exactitude.

From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by John Lloyd Stephens

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