یتاغان

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Ottoman Turkish

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یتاغان

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Nishanyan, from a development of Proto-Turkic *yat- (to lie down) + ـغان (-ğan, -ağan, habitual suffix): compare اولاغان (olağan) and بوراغان (burağan), with the same suffix.

Noun

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یتاغان (yatağan)

  1. yataghan, a type of Ottoman knife or short sabre used from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries

Descendants

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Yatağan district

Proper noun

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یتاغان (yatağan)

  1. Yatağan (a town and district in Muğla province, Turkey)
    Synonym: اخی كوی (ahi köy) (obsolete)

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Further reading

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