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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries斬首
Pronunciation / Transliteration: zanshu
"歴史上、斬首は一般的な処刑方法でした。"
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The action of cutting off someone's head, typically as a form of capital punishment or execution.
"The historical chronicle detailed the public beheading of the traitor in the town square."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'beheafpian', combining the prefix 'be-' (thoroughly, off) and 'heafod' (head). Historically used across Germanic legal and military systems as a capital punishment.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Beheading" is said worldwide
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décapitation
Transliteration: dey-ka-pee-ta-syōn
"La décapitation était une méthode d'exécution fréquente par le passé."
Enthauptung
Transliteration: ɛntˈhaʊptʊŋ
"Die Enthauptung war im Mittelalter eine übliche Hinrichtungsart."
decapitazione
Transliteration: deka-pittat-tsyon-e
"La decapitazione era una pena capitale molto diffusa anticamente."
decapitación
Transliteration: deka-pi-ta-syōn
"La decapitación se utilizaba como castigo supremo en la antigüedad."
decapitação
Transliteration: deka-pi-ta-sãw
"A decapitação foi abolida na maioria dos países modernos."
सिर-कलम करना
Transliteration: sir-kalam karna
Script: सिर कलम करना
"इतिहास में कई राजाओं को सिर कलम करने की सजा दी गई।"
斩首
Transliteration: zhǎn shǒu
"在古代，斩首是一种严厉的死刑。"
참수
Transliteration: cham-su
"그 범죄자는 참수형에 처해졌다."
斬首
Transliteration: zanshu
"歴史上、斬首は一般的な処刑方法でした。"
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