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scimitar

or ²õ³¦¾±³¾Â·¾±Â·³Ù±ð°ù, ²õ¾±³¾Â·¾±Â·³Ù²¹°ù

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noun

  1. a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.


scimitar

/ ˈ²õɪ³¾Éª³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. an oriental sword with a curved blade broadening towards the point
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  • ²õ³¦¾±³¾î€ƒi·³Ù²¹°ù±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scimitar1

1540–50; < Italian scimitarra, ultimately < Persian
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scimitar1

C16: from Old Italian scimitarra, probably from Persian ²õ³ó¾±³¾²õ³óÄ«°ù, of obscure origin
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The mother's diet was most similar to that of the scimitar cat, a mammoth specialist.

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I glanced at the heavy scimitar lying like a guard dog beside his leg.

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He was tackled to the ground after a short chase, and police said they found a 10-foot scimitar knife on him.

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Riot gear meets scimitar in the streets of Verona, where the civil war between the Montagues and the Capulets has technically ended but hostilities persist in a musical no man’s land.

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The embassy is a building decorated with Saudi national symbols of palms and crossed scimitars, where men in traditional ghutras are constantly going in.

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