خنجر

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian خنجر (xanjar).

Noun

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

1. dagger

Declension

Declension of noun خَنْجَر (ḵanjar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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
	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 (ʔalif ḵanjariyya, “dagger alif”)

Descendants

• → Czech: chandžar
• → English: khanjar
• → French: kangiar, cangiar, kandjar
• → Polish: handżar
• → Portuguese: alfanje, canjar, khanjar
• → Slovak: handžár
• → Spanish: alfanje, janyar
• → Tigre: ከንጀር (känǧär)

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• خنچار (hançar)

Etymology

From Persian خنجر (xanjar).

Noun

خنجر • (hancar, hancer)

1. dagger, khanjar

Descendants

• Turkish: hançer
• → Belarusian: ханджа́р (xandžár)
• → Bulgarian: ханджа̀р (handžàr)
• → Old Czech: končier
  • Czech: končir
  • Slovak: končiar, končur
• → Hungarian: handzsár
• → Italian: canciar, canciàro, canciàrro, cangiàro
• → Polish: koncerz
• → Russian: ханджа́р (xandžár)
• → Serbo-Croatian: hàndžār / ха̀нџа̄р
  • → German: Handschar
• → Sicilian: canciarru
• → Ukrainian: ханджа́р (xandžár)
• → Venetian: ganzar

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Persian

Alternative forms

• خنچر (xančer)

Etymology

From ; compare Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (xnjyr /⁠xenjer⁠/), [Manichaean needed] (hynjyr /⁠henjer⁠/, “dagger”).

Noun

Dari	خنجر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ханҷар

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

1. dagger, khanjar

Descendants

• Tajik: ханҷар (xanjar)
• → Arabic: خَنْجَر (ḵanjar)
  • → Czech: chandžar
  • → English: khanjar
  • → French: kangiar, cangiar, kandjar
  • → Polish: handżar
  • → Portuguese: alfanje, canjar, khanjar
  • → Slovak: handžár
  • → Spanish: alfanje, janyar
  • → Tigre: ከንጀር (känǧär)
• → Middle Armenian: խանճալ (xančal), խանճար (xančar), խանչալ (xančʻal), խանչար (xančʻar), խանջալ (xanǰal), խանջար (xanǰar)
  • Armenian: խանչալ (xančʻal)
• → Azerbaijani: xəncər
• → Georgian: ხანჯალი (xanǯali), ხანჯარი (xanǯari)
• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: ख़ंजर (xañjar)

  → Urdu: خنجر (xañjar)

• → Kazakh: қанжар (qanjar)
• → Kumyk: хынжал (xınjal)
• → Kyrgyz: канжар (kanjar)
• → Nepali: खञ्जर् (khañjar)
• → Nogai: кынжал (kınjal)
• → Old East Slavic: кончарь (končarĭ), кончакъ (končakŭ), коньчякъ (konĭčjakŭ), концакъ (koncakŭ), коньцакъ (konĭcakŭ), кончѣръ (končěrŭ), кочань (kočanĭ) (via Turkic)
  • Belarusian: кінжа́л (kinžál)
  • Russian: кинжа́л (kinžál), канжа́р (kanžár), ханжа́р (xanžár), конче́рь (končérʹ)
  • Ukrainian: кинджа́л (kyndžál), кінча́к (kinčák)
• → Classical Syriac: ܚܢܓܪܐ (ḥangərā)
• → Crimean Tatar: къанджер, ханджер, гъанджер
• → Tatar: хәнҗәр (xäncär)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خنجر (hancer)
  • Turkish: hançer
  • → Belarusian: ханджа́р (xandžár)
  • → Bulgarian: ханджа̀р (handžàr)
  • → Old Czech: končier
    • Czech: končir
    • Slovak: končiar, končur
  • → Hungarian: handzsár
  • → Italian: canciar, canciàro, canciàrro, cangiàro
  • → Polish: koncerz
  • → Russian: ханджа́р (xandžár)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: hàndžār / ха̀нџа̄р
    • → German: Handschar
  • → Sicilian: canciarru
  • → Ukrainian: ханджа́р (xandžár)
  • → Venetian: ganzar
  , خنچار (hançar)
• → Turkmen: hancar