Wednesday, February 10, 2021

akinakes-a-scythian-short-sword

Akinakes


acc- to wiki it is a Scythian short sword/dagger whose name is not fully explained, I think.

Some say it is a derivation of Kingrak / a Turkish short sword/knife.

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The word itself is worth looking at.

Akına: means Turkish something like to raid/razzia, from the root: ak- meaning to flow.

It is a possibility.

OR

from the root kına- meaning corporal punishment.

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By the way KIN means the scabbard.


All Turkish words above are Old Turkish words. Maybe they are related to each other. Possible?

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Uzunbacak Adem


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