OTTOMAN PALA translation please

[Yustas]

And again, in different countries, same word may mean different things.
Example - "harbuz" in Ukrainian means - pumpkin
"arbuz" in russian means watermenlon.
So close, but there is a difference.

[TVV]

Originally Posted by Yustas

And again, in different countries, same word may mean different things.
Example - "harbuz" in Ukrainian means - pumpkin
"arbuz" in russian means watermenlon.
So close, but there is a difference.

I completely agree that the etymology of weapons can be tricky, but you still have not answered my original question.

[Yustas]

I have no direct link or source at the time, but this is what i figured out by looking at different variation of Turkish swords on the web. The type that ingvar posted, or one of this kind :
http://picasaweb.google.com/yura.sor...84308894373554
was always referred as pala.

[TVV]

Originally Posted by Yustas

I have no direct link or source at the time, but this is what i figured out by looking at different variation of Turkish swords on the web. The type that ingvar posted, or one of this kind :
http://picasaweb.google.com/yura.sor...84308894373554
was always referred as pala.

Yustas, the sword in the link is a late 19th century Ottoman officer's military sword, and I think it might even be a regular pattern. Many of these swords were captured during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, and even as late as the Balkan War. The guard shape was inspired by earlier forms, and artistically connected to the Revival going on in the Empire at the time - you can draw parallels to similar Revival pieces in Persia from the same period.

You state that "this kind ... was always referred as pala", and I just ask - by whom?