khanjar
English
Etymology
From Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar). Doublet of kindjal.
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
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxan.d͡ʒar]
- Hyphenation: khan‧jar
Noun
khanjar (first-person possessive khanjarku, second-person possessive khanjarmu, third-person possessive khanjarnya)
- khanjar.
- Hyponym: golok
Alternative forms
- kanjar
Further reading
- “khanjar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Noun
khanjar m or f (plural khanjares)
- Alternative form of canjar