handžar

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àndžār

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خنجر (hancer), خنچار (hançar) (Turkish hançer), from Persian خنجر (xanjar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xǎnd͡ʒaːr/
• Hyphenation: han‧džar

Noun

hàndžār m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀нџа̄р)

1. khanjar

Declension

Declension of handžar

	singular	plural
nominative	hàndžār	handžari
genitive	handžára	handžara
dative	handžaru	handžarima
accusative	handžar	handžare
vocative	handžaru	handžari
locative	handžaru	handžarima
instrumental	handžarom	handžarima

References

• “handžar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 310