Just a bit of legalistic quibbling:
Why saber?
Usually, saber is defined as a ( mostly) single-edged, curved blade ( shamshir, Kilij).
Palash ( or any other spelling) has a straight blade that is single edged. Sword is a straight blade that is double-edged.
At least, that is how they are defined by the Russian weapon specialists ( Miller, Astvatsaturyan, Trubnikov, etc).
Thus, Tibetan swords are , strictly speaking, palashes. No?
Many weapons ( Kora, sossun patah etc, mostly Indian) cannot be classied according to that principle. Also, what to do with straight, but partially double-edged blades ( Khanda, for example) or even fully double-edged ( firangi)?
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