khanjar

English

Etymology

From Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar). Doublet of kindjal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkand͡ʒə/

Noun

khanjar (plural khanjars)

  1. A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries.
    • 2003, Carl S Raswan, Black Tents of Arabia, Xlibris, page 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 Classical Persian خنجر (xanjar).

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
  • kanjar

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

khanjar m or f (plural khanjares)

  1. Alternative form of canjar
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