khanjar

English

Etymology

From Arabic خَنْجَر‎ (ḵanjar), from Iranian; compare Manichaean Parthian xnjyr‎ (xenjer), hynjyr‎ (henjer, “dagger”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkand͡ʒə/

Noun

khanjar (plural khanjars)

  1. A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries.
    • 2003, Carl S Raswan, Black Tents of Arabia, Xlibris 2003, p. 6:
      The small khanjar is a curved dagger, and it was with this very one Nuri had killed in single combat a minor chieftain of the Muntefiq.

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

khanjar m or f (in variation) (plural khanjares)

  1. Alternative form of canjar
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.