scimitar
pronunciation
How to pronounce scimitar in British English:
UK [ˈsɪmɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce scimitar in American English:
US [ ˈsɪmɪtər,ˈsɪmɪtɑːr]
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- Noun:
- a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade
Word Origin
- scimitar (n.)
- 1540s, cimiterie, from Middle French cimeterre (15c.) or Italian scimitarra, of uncertain origin. Turkish would be the expected source, but no such word has been found there. Perhaps from Persian shimshir (pronounced "shamsher," compare Greek sampsera "a barbarian sword," from this source), but OED finds this "unsatisfactory as to form." Many early variations; the modern spelling is from influence of the Italian form of the word. Century Dictionary (1902) has simitar as preferred spelling.
Example
- 1. Wave your wooden scimitar .
- 2. The end provides the scimitar armed force who " utters "
- 3. This means that the dragon scimitar is a good slashing weapon .
- 4. He was a local potentate in sumatra the indonesian island that cuts like a scimitar through the eastern indian ocean separating it from the strait of malacca .
- 5. By his side hung a curving scimitar , a round shield studded with bosses of brass hung at his back , and his right hand grasped a lance .