Friday word: Yataghan

[med_cat]

yataghan, noun yat·a·ghan \ˈya-tə-ˌgan, ˈya-ti-gən\

: a long knife or short saber that lacks a guard for the hand at the juncture of blade and hilt and that usually has a double curve to the edge and a nearly straight back

For an example, see this photo

Etymology:

Turkish yatağan


First Known Use: 1815

Comments

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

That's a damn cool word.

[med_cat]

Pleased you liked it; I thought we could use more y-words, and one does run into this one in books. (I was looking at the y- and z- words, and a lot of them are obscure...)

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

lol, yes, unless they're medicine (which also enjoys the letter "v" and "q").

[med_cat]

True enough :)