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tulwar - What does it mean?

Definition of 'tulwar'

English

(wikipedia)

Alternative forms

* talwar

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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.