khanjar

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English

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Etymology

From Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ira" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.; compare Manichaean Parthian xnjyr (xenjer), hynjyr (henjer, dagger).

Pronunciation

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


Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar), from Persian خنجر (xanjar), from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "MIr." is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF..

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxan.d͡ʒar]
  • Hyphenation: khan‧jar

Noun

khanjar (first-person possessive khanjarku, second-person possessive khanjarmu, third-person possessive khanjarnya)

  1. khanjar.
    Hyponym: golok

Alternative forms

Further reading


Portuguese

Noun

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  1. Alternative form of canjar