Shashka

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The shashka or shasqua (Abkhaz: аҳәа, асахәа; Adyghe: сэшхуэ, [saʃxʷa] – long-knife; Chechen: гlорда, гlурда/терс-маймал; Dargin: шушкIа; Georgian: ჭოლაური, ch'olauri; Ingush: гурде/г1ама; Lezgin: шуьш; Ossetian: ахсан/ахсæн, шашкæ; Russian: шашка) is a kind of Caucasian sabre: a single-edged, single-handed, and guardless sabre.

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