Scimitar

{

Scim′i-ter

,

Scim′i-tar

}

,

Noun.

[F.

cimeterre

, cf. It.

scimitarra

, Sp.

cimitarra

; fr. Biscayan

cimetarra

with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per.

shimshīr

.]

1.

A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, – in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.

[Written also

cimeter

, and

scymetar

.]

2.

A long-handled billhook. See

Billhook

.

Scimiter pods

(Bot.)

,

the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (

Entada scandens

) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.

Scimitar

SCIM'ITAR

, [See cimiter.]

scimitar

English

Alternative forms

Noun

scimitar ‎(plural scimitars)

A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.
A long-handled billhook.

Derived terms

scimitar horned oryx

Translations

sword with curved blade

Chinese:
Mandarin: 彎刀, 弯刀 ‎(wāndāo)
Czech: turecká šavle m, šavle (cs) m, šimitar m, šamšír m
Danish: krumsabel
Dutch: kromsabel
Finnish: sapeli (fi)
French: cimeterre (fr) m
Galician: cimitarra (gl) f
German: Krummsäbel m, Scimitar (de) m
Hungarian: handzsár (hu)
Ido: cimitaro (io)
Irish: simeatár m
Italian: scimitarra (it)
Japanese: シミター ‎(shimitā), 弯刀 ‎(わんとう, wantō)
Korean: 시미타 ‎(simita)

Macedonian: анџар m ‎(ándžar), јатаган m ‎(jatagan)
Polish: sejmitar m
Portuguese: cimitarra (pt) f
Russian: сцимита́р m ‎(scimitár), скимита́р m ‎(skimitár), ятага́н (ru) m ‎(jatagán) (yataghan), крива́я са́бля f ‎(krivája sáblja)
Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh crom m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ха̀нџа̄р m

Roman: hàndžār (sh) m
Slovene: handžar m
Spanish: cimitarra f
Swahili: kitara
Swedish: kroksabel c
Turkish: yatağan (tr) (yataghan)

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Webster 1913 Edition

Scimitar

Scim′i-ter

Scim′i-tar

Webster 1828 Edition

Scimitar

SCIM'ITAR

Definition 2024

scimitar

scimitar

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Derived terms

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