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"word": "scimitar-horned oryx"
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"ref": "2022 April 12, Helen Lewis, “Among Europe’s Ex-Royals”, in The Atlantic",
"text": "Next door is a room devoted to Albanian history (“what a lovely scimitar,” I find myself exclaiming, my reserves of small talk inadequate at the sight of the family’s sword collection),[…]",
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "তেগ"
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "তলোয়ার"
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"word": "তরোয়াল"
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
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"word": "simitarra"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "彎刀"
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"roman": "wāndāo",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "弯刀"
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "krumsabel"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "kromsabel"
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "käyräsapeli"
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
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"roman": "sampsḗra",
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"word": "શમશેર"
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"roman": "karaṇḍ",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
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"roman": "churikā",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
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"word": "छुरिका"
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"roman": "churī",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "handzsár"
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
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"word": "bjúgsverð"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "cimitaro"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "simeatár"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "scimitarra"
},
{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shimitā",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "シミター"
},
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wantō",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "弯刀"
},
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "simita",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "시미타"
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
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"word": "acīnacēs"
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{
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
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"word": "cymithārra"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
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"roman": "andžar",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "анџар"
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"word": "јатаган"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
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"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ximitarra"
},
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"roman": "şemşir, şimşir",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "شمشیر"
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"word": "شمشیر"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
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"roman": "dešne, dašne",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "دشنه"
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{
"_dis1": "94 6",
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"word": "پلارک"
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"word": "bułat"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cimitarra"
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
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"word": "ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ੀਰ"
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"roman": "śumśer",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
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"word": "ਸ਼ੁਮਸ਼ੇਰ"
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"roman": "scimitár",
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"word": "ятага́н"
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"roman": "krivája sáblja",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крива́я са́бля"
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
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],
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
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"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vakkirakaṭkam",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "வக்கிரகட்கம்"
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"lang": "Telugu",
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"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "ఖడ్గము"
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"code": "tcy",
"lang": "Tulu",
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"word": "ತಲ್ವಾರ್"
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"roman": "śamśer, śamśīr",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "شمشیر"
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"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "stsimitar",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "סצימיטאַר"
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"Tools",
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈsɪmɪtə(ɹ)/",
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"UK"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крива́я са́бля"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "asi",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "असि"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "claidheamh crom"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ха̀нџа̄р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hàndžār"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "handžar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cimitarra"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "kitara"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kroksabel"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vakkirakaṭkam",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "வக்கிரகட்கம்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "khaḍgamu",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "ఖడ్గము"
},
{
"code": "tcy",
"lang": "Tulu",
"roman": "talvārŭ",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "ತಲ್ವಾರ್"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "yatağan (yataghan)"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "śamśer, śamśīr",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "شمشیر"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cleddyf cam"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "stsimitar",
"sense": "sword with curved blade",
"word": "סצימיטאַר"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"scimitar"
],
"word": "scimitar"
}
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"tags": [
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},
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"word": "cimeter"
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{
"word": "cimiter"
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{
"word": "cymeter"
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{
"tags": [
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"word": "scimiter"
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{
"word": "scimetar"
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