Etymology

naginata

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Today it means: A traditional Japanese halberd: a polearm historically used to cut down infantry and cavalry. Full definition →

Japanese 薙刀
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from薙刀
  2. English todaynaginata

From Japanese 薙刀 (naginata, literally “mowing hatchet”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.