Pulwar from afghanistan

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by carlos

I just adquire this sword. The pictures are from seller, I hope received soon, I don,t know nothing about origin of the piece.
Could you help me? Age? real or tourist weapon?
Thanks in advance
carlos

Salaams Carlos, Afghan Pulwar or Pulvar ... This could come out reasonably well as already stated...

I always wondered what the actual relationship was with the Indian Tulvar? Looking at the words in particular Pul meaning flower I also thought what has this sword got to do with flowers? Pul = Flower.

Recently I am drawn to the fact that the pommel does indeed look like a big metalic floral device, very geometrical but lending itself to that description.

Funnily enough the Hindi word for flower is a bit unpronounceable by Europeans as it starts with a soft F sound but is pronounced phol... Pholvar? so it invariably sounds like Tulvar.... I am not a linguist in Hindi but am surrounded by Hindi, Urdu, and Mulialam speakers as well as Arab speakers... and this conundrum interests me on the linguistics front.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.