خنجر

Arabic

Etymology

Noun

خَنْجَر • (ḵanjar) m (plural خَنَاجِر‎ (ḵanājir))

Declension

Declension of noun خَنْجَر (ḵanjar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَنْجَر ḵanjar	الْخَنْجَر‎ al-ḵanjar	خَنْجَر ḵanjar
Nominative	خَنْجَرٌ ḵanjarun	الْخَنْجَرُ‎ al-ḵanjaru	خَنْجَرُ ḵanjaru
Accusative	خَنْجَرًا‎ ḵanjaran	الْخَنْجَرَ‎ al-ḵanjara	خَنْجَرَ ḵanjara
Genitive	خَنْجَرٍ ḵanjarin	الْخَنْجَرِ‎ al-ḵanjari	خَنْجَرِ ḵanjari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَنْجَرَيْن‎ ḵanjarayn	الْخَنْجَرَيْن‎ al-ḵanjarayn	خَنْجَرَيْ‎ ḵanjaray
Nominative	خَنْجَرَانِ‎ ḵanjarāni	الْخَنْجَرَانِ‎ al-ḵanjarāni	خَنْجَرَا‎ ḵanjarā
Accusative	خَنْجَرَيْنِ‎ ḵanjarayni	الْخَنْجَرَيْنِ‎ al-ḵanjarayni	خَنْجَرَيْ‎ ḵanjaray
Genitive	خَنْجَرَيْنِ‎ ḵanjarayni	الْخَنْجَرَيْنِ‎ al-ḵanjarayni	خَنْجَرَيْ‎ ḵanjaray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَنَاجِر‎ ḵanājir	الْخَنَاجِر‎ al-ḵanājir	خَنَاجِر‎ ḵanājir
Nominative	خَنَاجِرُ‎ ḵanājiru	الْخَنَاجِرُ‎ al-ḵanājiru	خَنَاجِرُ‎ ḵanājiru
Accusative	خَنَاجِرَ‎ ḵanājira	الْخَنَاجِرَ‎ al-ḵanājira	خَنَاجِرَ‎ ḵanājira
Genitive	خَنَاجِرَ‎ ḵanājira	الْخَنَاجِرِ‎ al-ḵanājiri	خَنَاجِرِ‎ ḵanājiri

Derived terms

أَلِف خَنْجَرِيَّة‏‎ (ʾalif ḵanjariyya, “dagger alif”)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

خنچار‎ (hançar)

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (xanjar).

Noun

خنجر • (hancer)

Persian

Alternative forms

خنچر‎ (xančer)

Etymology

From Middle Iranian; compare Manichaean Parthian xnjyr‎ (xenjer), hynjyr‎ (henjer, “dagger”).

Noun

Dari Persian	خنجر‎
Iranian Persian	خنجر‎
Tajiki Persian	ханҷар (xanjar)

خنجر • (xanjar) (plural خنجرها‎ (xanjar-hâ))

Descendants

Tajik: ханҷар (xanjar)
→ Arabic: خَنْجَر‎ (ḵanjar)
→ Azeri: xəncər
→ Classical Syriac: ܚܢܓܪܐ‎
→ Georgian: ხანჯალი (xanǯali), ხანჯარი (xanǯari)
→ Middle Armenian: խանճալ (xančal), խանճար (xančar), խանչալ (xančʿal), խանչար (xančʿar), խանջալ (xanǰal), խանջար (xanǰar)
- Armenian: խանչալ (xančʿal)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خنجر‎ (hancer), خنچار‎ (hançar)
- Turkish: hançer
- → Serbo-Croatian: hàndžār / ха̀нџа̄р
→ Russian: кинжа́л (kinžál) (via Turkic)

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