سياف

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Occupational noun from سَيْف (sayf, sword)

Noun[edit]

سَيَّاف (sayyāfm (plural سَيَّافُونَ (sayyāfūna), feminine سَيَّافَة (sayyāfa))

  1. swordsman, person using a sword as a weapon
  2. one who makes swords
  3. a headsman; an executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation

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