noun
Origin: Port azagaia < colloquial Ar az-zaghāya < az, for al, the + Berber zaghāyah, spear, prob. < Berber (cf. Tuareg (a)zegiz, long-armed dagger)
See assegai in American Heritage Dictionary 4
or as·sa·gai
nounOrigin:
Origin: Obsolete French azagaie
Origin: , probably from Old Spanish azagayah
Origin: , from Arabic az-zaġāya
Origin: : al-, the
Origin: + Berber zaġāya, spear
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