סצימיטאַר

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /st͡sɪmɪˈtar/

Noun

סצימיטאַר • (stsimitar) m, plural סצימיטאַרן (stsimitarn)

  1. scimitar (sword with curved blade)

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