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).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈxand͡ʒar/ [ˈxaɲ.d͡ʒar]
  • Rhymes: -and͡ʒar
  • Syllabification: khan‧jar

Noun

khanjar (plural khanjar-khanjar)

  1. khanjar
    Hyponym: golok

Alternative forms

  • kanjar

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

khanjar m or f (plural khanjares)

  1. alternative form of canjar