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)
- 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.
- 2003, Carl S Raswan, Black Tents of Arabia, Xlibris 2003, p. 6:
Translations
Arabian dagger
|
|
Portuguese
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.