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Old 30th July 2009, 12:36 AM   #2
Emanuel
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Hello Pallas,

Wikipaedia has a good entry on the term: "An assegai or assagai (originally Berber zaġāya "spear", from Old French azagaie Old Spanish azagaya < Arabic az-zaġāyah) is a pole weapon used for throwing or hurling, usually a light spear or javelin made of wood and pointed with iron." Definition derived from Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th edition.

Can Arabic speakers corroborate the term "az-zaġāyah"?

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