talwar
/tʌlˈwɑː
/(also tulwar)
noun Indian
A sword, especially a type of sabre: the crowd poked at me with sticks and sheathed talwars...
- The point of having a curve in a tulwar or a kirpan is to enable you to perform ‘draw cuts’.
- Tribesmen whose skill lies more in the blade than the bow become bladesmen, wielding the tulwar with grace and speed.
- As with the previous engagements, the fighting was bitter, with close hand to hand fighting; the Sikhs preferring to rely on their tulwars whilst the British pressed forward with their bayonets.
Origin
Early 19th century: Hindi talvār from Sanskrit taravāri.
- take breath
- take care
- take care of
- take charge
- take cognizance of
- take counsel
- take cover
- take delivery of
- takedown
- take effect
- take exception to
- take fire
- take five
- take flight
- take for granted
- take fright
- take from
- take guard
- take hold
- take holy orders
- take-home
- take-home pay
- take ill (sick)
- take-in
- take in sail