Talk:Makhaira

message: the Kopis and machaira and falcata are Macedonian weapons not everythng is Greek, you need to study more friend. 
70.49.14.85 (talk) 01:21, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
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message: is almost identical.212.13.65.14 (talk) 12:41, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: More similar to the kopis, and this similarity is explicitly mentioned in the text of this page. Urselius (talk) 20:20, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: gurkha kukri sword

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message: it is spelled mahera and not makhaira or machaira or machaera
in singular it is maheri and in plural it is maheria  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.101.175 (talk) 06:08, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that is just a simplified spelling to give a pronunciation guide for speakers of English who cannot pronounce the Greek X. Scots and Irish are fine as they pronounce the same sound in words like loch. Other English speakers tend to pronounce the Greek X as ch in church. As a sop, Greek Xs are often replaced with the letter H, as in Halkidike, but it really should be pronounced KH - Khalkidike. Urselius (talk) 10:58, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This is the English language Wikipedia - English language usage is paramount. Urselius (talk) 13:38, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

text: Its value in Ancient Greek was an aspirated velar stop /kʰ/ (in the Western Greek alphabet: /ks/). In Modern Greek, it has two distinct pronunciations: In front of high or front vowels (/e/ or /i/) it is pronounced as a voiceless palatal fricative [ç], as in German ich or like the h in some pronunciations of the English words hew and human. In front of low or back vowels (/a/, /o/ or /u/) and consonants, it is pronounced as a voiceless velar fricative ([x]), as in German ach. The subject of this article is an Ancient Greek sword, therefore Ancient Greek transliteration into English is what is necessary, Modern Greek usage is of little relevance here. Either way the pronunciation of Greek X is not the equivalent of the English H Urselius (talk) 13:33, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
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