කඩු වර්ග
මෙය කඩු වර්ග ලැයිස්තුවකි.

The term sword is here used in a narrow sense. This is not a general list of bladed weapons and does not include the machete or similar "sword-like" weapons.

පූර්ව ඉතිහාසය
Bronze Age sword
Khopesh (Egyptian)
Iron Age sword
Xiphos (Greek term for the Iron Age sword)
Asi (Sanskrit term for the Iron Age sword)
Makhaira (Ancient Greek sabre)
Falcata/Kopis (swords with forward-curving blade)
Celtic sword
Acinaces (Persian short sword)
Harpe (Greek mythology)

අප්‍රිකානු කඩු
Shotel (Ethiopian)
Takoba
Billao (Somalian)
Kaskara (Sudanese)
Ida (Sword) (West African/Ivory Coast)

ආසියානු කඩු

අරාබි කඩු

All of the Islamic world during the 16th to 18th century, including the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Mughal India, were influenced by the saif or "scimitar" type of single-edged curved sword.
Via the Mameluke sword  this also gave rise to the European cavalry sabre.
Conversely, the term for the western sword in Arabic was firangi (i.e. "Frankish").

Terms for the "scimitar" curved sword:
Pulwar (Afghanistan)
Shamshir (Persia)
Talwar (North India)
Kilij (Turkish)
Mameluke sword (18th to 19th century Egyptian)
Flyssa (19th century Algeria)
Kaskara (19th century Sudan)
Nimcha (18th century Morocco)
Shotel (Ethiopian scimitar)
Takoba (Tuareg sword)

චීන කඩු

Jian (劍 pinyin jiàn)
Baguajian (八卦劍)

Dao (刀 pinyin dāo) "sabre"
Baguadao (八卦刀)
Butterfly sword (蝴蝶雙刀)
Changdao (長刀)
Dadao (大刀)
Errenduo (二人奪)
Hudieshuangdao (蝴蝶雙刀)
Kaishandao (開山刀)
Liuyedao (柳針刀)
Mazhadao (麻扎刀)
Piandao (片刀)
Taijidao (太極刀)
Taijijian (太極劍)
Miao dao (苗刀)
Nandao (南刀)
Wodao (倭刀)
Xuehuadao (雪花刀)
Yanmaodao (雁翎刀)
Yutoudao (魚頭刀)
Zhanmadao (斬馬刀)

Hook sword (鉤)

ජපන් කඩු

Nihonto (日本刀)
Bokken (木剣)
Chisakatana
Chokutō (直刀)
Hachiwara（鉢割）
Iaitō (居合刀)
Jintachi
Katana (刀; かたな)
Kodachi (小太刀)
Nagamaki (長巻)
Nodachi (野太刀)
Ōdachi (大太刀)
Ōkatana
Shinai (竹刀)
Shinken (真剣)
Shikomizue
Tachi (太刀; たち)
Tsurugi
Wakizashi (脇差; わきざし)

Dōtanuki
Uchigatana

කොරියානු කඩු

Hwandudaedo (환두대도; 环首大刀)
Saingeom (사인검)
Jedokgum (제독검)
Yedo (예도)
Ssangeom (쌍도; 双刀; 쌍검: 双剣)

දකුණු ආසියානු හා ගිනිකොන ආසියානු කඩු
While the scimitar also spread to North India in the form of the Talwar,
there are is also an autochthonous sword of the straight form in India, known as the Khanda.

Pata  (gauntlet-sword)
කස්තාන (ශ්‍රී ලංකාව)
සිංහල කඩුව (ශ්‍රී ලංකාව)

Swords and knives found in Southeast Asia are influenced by Indian, Far Eastern (Chinese) as well as Near Eastern (Muslim) and European (Spanish) forms.

Balisword:  an exceptionally large balisong knife. Similar to a balisong, two hilts cover the blade of a balisword
Bolo:  a large cutting tool of Filipino used in their revolutions
Buntot Pagi: Stingray tails used as a weapon of Filipino origin
Dahong Palay: a Filipino machete-like sword with capability for thrusting
Dha: single-edged Burmese sword, perhaps influenced by the Chinese Dao (For Thai : Daab)
Kalis: double-edged "wavy" Filipino sword, similar to the Kris dagger
Kampilan: large single-edged Filipino sword
Klewang: single-edged Indonesian sword similar to the Filipino Kampilan
Krabi: Thai sabre used in Krabi krabong
Pinuti: Filipino sword influenced by the West and used also as a farm tool

බටහිර අසිපත්

ඉතාමත් පැරණි
Gladius
Spatha
Migration period sword

මධ්‍යකාලීන යුග

Viking sword (early medieval spatha)
Paramerion (Eastern Roman Byzantine sword)
Khmali sword (Early medieval Georgian sword)
Arming sword (high medieval knightly sword)
Longsword (late medieval)
Estoc (thrust-oriented)
Two-handed claymore (late medieval Scottish)
Curtana (a medieval term for a ceremonial sword)
Sabina (a small sword used in daily life)

පුනරුද හා වර්තමාන පූර්ව

16th to 17th centuries
Espada ropera/spada da lato (early 16th century)
Zweihänder (16th-century German)
Flamberge (properly called Flammard)
Basket-hilted swords
Broadsword (16th-century English)
Schiavona (Italian basket-hilted sword)
Mortuary sword (17th-century cavalry basket-hilted sword)
Basket-hilted Claymore (17th to 18th-century Scottish)
Backsword (as a term for a specific weapon type, this refers to the swords of 16th to 17th-century English cavalry)
Katzbalger (16th-century German short sword)
Cinquedea/Anelace (Italian short sword)
Executioner's sword (16th-century swords designed for executions, especially in Germany)
Rapier (17th century development of the Spanish type)
Swiss sword (16th and 17th centuries)

වර්තමාන
18th and 19th centuries
Smallsword (18th century)
Colichemarde
Bilbo
Scottish Officer's Dirk
Sgian-dubh
Spadroon
Sabre (adopted in 18th century cavalry)
Karabela
Szabla
Shashka
Pistol sword (19th century novelty item)
Hunting sword
Modern fencing (sport equipment)
Épée
Foil (fencing)
U.S. regulation swords (sabres, and in some instances fascine knives shaped like short swords)

මූලාශ්‍ර

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අසිපත් වර්ගීකරණය
List of daggers
List of bladed weapons