харалуг

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Etymology

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Old East Slavic харалугъ (xaralugŭ), not doubted to be Turkic – being present before the Mongol raids –, but controverted if exactly from

Some have related it as a polnoglasie to the name of the Carolingians, карля́ги (karljági), корля́зи (korljázi), короля́зи (koroljázi),[3] but this seems to be a historical phantasy.

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Noun

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харалу́г (xaralúgm inan (genitive харалу́га, nominative plural харалу́ги, genitive plural харалу́гов)

  1. (historical) Damascus steel, or a type of damask steel used in medieval Rus
    Synonyms: була́т (bulát), дама́ск (damásk)

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References

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  1. ^ Validi, A. Zeki (1936) “Die Schwerter der Germanen, nach arabischen Berichten des 9.–11. Jahrhunderts”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 90, pages 33–36
  2. ^ More in Харалугъ”, in Словарь-справочник «Слова о полку Игореве», Leningrad: Наука, 1984
  3. ^ Гедеоновъ, Степанъ Александровичъ (1876) Варяги и Русь (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: типография Академии наук, page 330