סצימיטאַר

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Via German Szimitar and/or Russian сцимита́р (scimitár) from Italian scimitarra, ultimately from Persian شمشیر (šamšir, sword).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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סצימיטאַר (stsimitarm, plural סצימיטאַרן (stsimitarn)

  1. scimitar (sword with curved blade)

References

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  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “scimitar”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN