yataghan

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yataghan

/ˈjætəɡæn/

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یتاغان (modern Turkish yatağan), related to Old Turkic [script needed] (yat-, “to bend, incline; to lie”), whence also words like yatmak (“to lie”), yatak (“bed”), yatay (“horizontal”), etc.

noun yataghans · ataghan · yatagan · yatigan

A type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries. The angry-faced official communicated the intelligence to a large group of Anadolian, Caramanian, Bosniac, and Roumelian Turks,— sturdy, undersized, broad-shouldered, bare-legged, splay-footed, horny-fisted, dark-browed, honest-looking mountaineers, who were lounging about with long pistols and yata
Similar: Turkish sword

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noun type of sword

Español	yatagán
日本語	ヤタガン yatagan
中文	彎刀 /弯刀 wāndāo
Português	iatagã
Français	yatagan
Deutsch	Yatagan, Jatagan
Ελληνικά	γιαταγάνι giatagáni
Română	iatagan
Русский	ятага́н jatagán

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@misc{yataghan_2026,
  title = {yataghan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yataghan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}