yataghan

== English == === Alternative forms === ataghan, yatagan, yatigan === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjætəɡæn/ === Noun === yataghan (plural yataghans) A type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries. ==== Synonyms ==== Turkish sword ==== Translations ==== === References ===