tulwar
English
Alternative forms
- talwar
Etymology
From Hindi तलवार (talwār)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʌlwɑː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtʌlwɑɹ/
Noun
tulwar (plural tulwars)
- A type of curved sword used in India and throughout South Asia.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White (Folio Society 2005), page 388:
- Therefore, the Havildar, taking his tulwar, smote one of us lightly on the forearm in the fat, and another on the leg, and a third on the back of the hand.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White (Folio Society 2005), page 388: