Kardos is a

Hungarian language Hungarian () is an Uralic language spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary, it is also spoken by Hungarian ...

occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

, which means "

swordsman Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing, but by extension it can also be applied to an ...

", derived from the Turkish word "

kard A kard ( fa, کارد, kārd, knife) is the equivalent in the Persian language for knife. In the specialist jargon, Kard is considered a type of knife found in the Persianate societies like Persia, Turkey, Armenia and all the way to India. Mos ...

", meaning a sword. Alternative spellings include Kardoš, Kardosh, and Kardossh. The name may refer to: * Dezider Kardoš (1914–1991), Slovak composer * Ferenc Kardos (1937–1999), Hungarian filmmaker * Gene Kardos (1899–1980), American musician *

János Kardos János Kardos, also known in Slovene as Janoš Kardoš (around February 13, 1801 in Újtölgyes, Kingdom of Hungary, today Noršinci, Slovenia – August 12, 1875 in Őrihodos, Austria-Hungary, today Hodoš, Slovenia) was a Hungarian Slovenian L ...

(1801–1875), Hungarian writer * József Kardos (born 1960), Hungarian football player *

Štefan Kardoš Štefan Kardoš (born 1966) is a Slovene writer. He lives in Murska Sobota and works as a teacher at the Bilingual Secondary School in Lendava Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, fo ...

(born 1966), Slovene writer * Tivadar Kardos (1921–1998), Hungarian chess player

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