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/at"euh gan', -geuhn/, n.yataghan.
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ataghan — ⇒ATAGHAN, subst. masc. ARM. Poignard oriental dont l extrémité est recourbée : • Le pacha de Damas a rêvé de poignards, D ataghans ciselés et d assauts aux remparts. QUINET, Napoléon, 1836, p. 199. Rem. Attesté ds la plupart des dict. gén. du… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Ataghan — At a*ghan, n. See {Yataghan}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ataghan — Yataghan Yat a*ghan, n. [Turk. y[=a]t[=a]gh[=a]n.] A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight. [Written also {ataghan}, {attaghan}.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ataghan — (a ta gan) s. m. Sorte de poignard en usage parmi les Orientaux. • Le chef maure au large ataghan, V. HUGO Orient. 22. ÉTYMOLOGIE Le même que YATAGAN … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
ataghan — at•a•ghan [[t]ˈæt əˌgæn, gən[/t]] n. yataghan … From formal English to slang
ataghan — /ˈætəgæn/ (say atuhgan) noun → yataghan …
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ataghan — variant of yataghan … Useful english dictionary
List of English words of Turkic origin — This is a list of words that have entered into the English language from the Turkic languages. Many of them came via traders and soldiers from and in the Ottoman Empire. There are some Turkic words as well, most of them entered English via the… … Wikipedia
yatagan — [ jatagɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1787; turc yatagan ♦ Sabre turc, à lame recourbée vers la pointe. ⇒ cimeterre. ● yatagan nom masculin (turc yatağan) Sabre incurvé en deux sens opposés, à la lame très tranchante. (Il était en usage chez les Turcs et les… … Encyclopédie Universelle
