"qama" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: qamas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian قمه (qamma). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fa-cls|قمه|tr=qamma}} Classical Persian قمه (qamma) Head templates: {{en-noun}} qama (plural qamas)
  1. A Persian shortsword. Categories (topical): Swords
    Sense id: en-qama-en-noun-pwuC8naz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  ],
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Swords",
          "orig": "en:Swords",
          "parents": [
            "Weapons",
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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        "A Persian shortsword."
      ],
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        "English nouns",
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        "A Persian shortsword."
      ],
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