yataghan

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yataghan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

yataghan - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  yataghan
      n 1: a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single
           edge