dagger

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdæɡə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈdæɡə]
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• General-American: /ˈdæɡɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈdæɡɚ] ~ [ˈdæɡɹ̩]
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• /ˈdeɪ̯ɡɚ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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• [ˈdeɪ̯ɡɚ] ~ [ˈdeɪ̯ɡɹ̩] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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• rhymes with -æɡə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: D AE1 G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English daggere, daggare, dagard, probably adapted from Old French dague (1229), related to Occitan, Italian, Spanish daga, Dutch dagge, German Degen, Middle Low German dagge (“knife's point”), Old Norse daggarðr, Danish daggert, Faroese daggari, Welsh dager, dagr, Breton dac, Albanian thikë (“a knife, dagger”), thek (“to stab, to pierce with a sharp object”). In English attested from the 1380s. The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. Grimm suspects Celtic origin. Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin *daca "Dacian [knife]", from the Latin adjective dācus. Chastelain (Dictionaire etymologique, 1750) thought that French dague was a derivation from German dagge, dagen, although not attested until a much later date). The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) uses daca in his Philippide. Other Middle Latin forms include daga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga; the forms with -r- are late 14th century adoptions of the English word). OED points out that there is also an English verb dag (“to stab”) from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400. Relation to Old Armenian դակու (daku, “adze, axe”) has also been suggested. Alternatively, a connection from Proto-Indo-European *dhāg-u- and cognate with Ancient Greek θήγω (thḗgō, “to sharpen, whet”).

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222 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: dolk — a stabbing weapon
• Albanian: kamë — a stabbing weapon
• Southern Altai: канјыл (kanǰïl) — a stabbing weapon
• Southern Altai: керки (kerki) — a stabbing weapon
• Amharic: ጩቤ (č̣ube) — a stabbing weapon
• Amharic: ሾተል (šotäl) — a stabbing weapon
• Arabic: خَنْجَر (ḵanjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Arabic: خَنْجَر (ḵangar) — a stabbing weapon
• Arabic: خَنْجَر (ḵanjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Armenian: դաշույն (dašuyn) — a stabbing weapon
• Armenian: խանչալ (xančʻal) — a stabbing weapon
• Avar: ханжар (xanžar) — a stabbing weapon
• Azerbaijani: xəncər — a stabbing weapon
• Basque: sastagai — a stabbing weapon
• Belarusian: кінжа́л (kinžál) — a stabbing weapon
• Belarusian: ханджа́р (xandžár) — a stabbing weapon
• Bengali: ছোরা (chōra) — a stabbing weapon
• Bengali: খঞ্জর (khonjor) — a stabbing weapon
• Bulgarian: кама́ (kamá) — a stabbing weapon
• Bulgarian: кинжа́л (kinžál) — a stabbing weapon
• Bulgarian: ханджа́р (handžár) — a stabbing weapon
• Burmese: ဓားမြှောင် (dha:hmraung) — a stabbing weapon
• Catalan: daga — a stabbing weapon
• Catalan: punyal — a stabbing weapon
• Chechen: шаьлта (šälta) — a stabbing weapon
• Chichewa: nkhalamanja — a stabbing weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 短劍 /短剑 (duǎnjiàn) — a stabbing weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 匕首 (bǐshǒu) — a stabbing weapon
• Chinese Mandarin: 短刀 (duǎndāo) — a stabbing weapon
• East Circassian: къамэ (qamɛ) — a stabbing weapon
• West Circassian: къамэ (qamɛ) — a stabbing weapon
• Crimean Tatar: hancer — a stabbing weapon
• Crimean Tatar: qancer — a stabbing weapon
• Crimean Tatar: qama — a stabbing weapon
• Czech: dýka — a stabbing weapon
• Danish: dolk — a stabbing weapon
• Dutch: dolk — a stabbing weapon
• Egyptian: b-bA-A-g-sw-w-N34 (bꜣgsw) — a stabbing weapon
• Esperanto: ponardo — a stabbing weapon
• Estonian: pistoda — a stabbing weapon
• Estonian: tääk — a stabbing weapon
• Estonian: pister — a stabbing weapon
• Faroese: slíðraknívur — a stabbing weapon
• Faroese: dolkur — a stabbing weapon
• Faroese: daggari — a stabbing weapon
• Fataluku: pace — a stabbing weapon
• Finnish: tikari — a stabbing weapon
• French: poignard — a stabbing weapon
• French: kandjar — a stabbing weapon
• Friulian: pugnâl — a stabbing weapon
• Georgian: ხანჯალი (xanǯali) — a stabbing weapon
• Georgian: დაშნა (dašna) — a stabbing weapon
• Georgian: სატევარი (saṭevari) — a stabbing weapon
• German: Dolch — a stabbing weapon
• Greek: στιλέτο (stiléto) — a stabbing weapon
• Greek: εγχειρίδιο (encheirídio) — a stabbing weapon
• Greek: ξιφίδιο (xifídio) — a stabbing weapon
• Ancient Greek: ξιφίδιον (xiphídion) — a stabbing weapon
• Ancient Greek: ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion) — a stabbing weapon
• Hebrew: פִּגְיוֹן (pigyón) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: छुरा (churā) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: छुरी (churī) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: ख़ंजर (xañjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: खंजर (khañjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: क्षुरी (kṣurī) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: क्षुर (kṣur) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: क्षौरी (kṣaurī) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: कटार (kaṭār) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: कटारी (kaṭārī) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: छुरिका (churikā) — a stabbing weapon
• Hindi: असि (asi) — a stabbing weapon
• Hungarian: tőr — a stabbing weapon
• Icelandic: rýtingur — a stabbing weapon
• Ido: poniardo — a stabbing weapon
• Indonesian: belati — a stabbing weapon
• Indonesian: khanjar — a stabbing weapon
• Ingush: шалта (šalta) — a stabbing weapon
• Irish: miodóg — a stabbing weapon
• Isoko: agbegu — a stabbing weapon
• Italian: daga — a stabbing weapon
• Italian: pugnale — a stabbing weapon
• Italian: stiletto — a stabbing weapon
• Japanese: 短剣 (tanken) — a stabbing weapon
• Japanese: 短刀 (tantō) — a stabbing weapon
• Javanese: glathi — a stabbing weapon
• Kalmyk: ханҗал (xanjal) — a stabbing weapon
• Kannada: ಬಾಕು (bāku) — a stabbing weapon
• Kazakh: қанжар (qanjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Khmer: កាំបិតស្នៀត (kambət sniət) — a stabbing weapon
• Khmer: ក្រឹស (krəh) — a stabbing weapon
• Korean: 단검 (dan'geom) — a stabbing weapon
• Korean: 회검 (hoegeom) — a stabbing weapon
• Kumyk: хынжал (xınjal) — a stabbing weapon
• Central Kurdish: دەبان (deban) — a stabbing weapon
• Central Kurdish: خەنجەر (xencer) — a stabbing weapon
• Northern Kurdish: xencer — a stabbing weapon
• Kyrgyz: канжар (kanjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Lao: ມີດຊຸຍ (mīt suy) — a stabbing weapon
• Latgalian: tutyns — a stabbing weapon
• Latgalian: mylyns — a stabbing weapon
• Latin: pūgiō — a stabbing weapon
• Latin: sīca — a stabbing weapon
• Latvian: duncis — a stabbing weapon
• Lithuanian: durklas — a stabbing weapon
• Macedonian: бо́деж (bódež) — a stabbing weapon
• Macedonian: ка́ма (káma) — a stabbing weapon
• Macedonian: а́нџар (ándžar) — a stabbing weapon
• Maguindanao: sundang — a stabbing weapon
• Malay: belati — a stabbing weapon
• Malay: khanjar — a stabbing weapon
• Malay: kanjar — a stabbing weapon
• Malay: badik — a stabbing weapon
• Malay: badek — a stabbing weapon
• Malay: keris (kris) — a stabbing weapon
• Malayalam: കഠാര (kaṭhāra) — a stabbing weapon
• Māori: oka — a stabbing weapon
• Maranao: gonong — a stabbing weapon
• Maranao: gorok — a stabbing weapon
• Marathi: चाकू (cākū) — a stabbing weapon
• Marathi: सुरा (surā) — a stabbing weapon
• Marathi: खंजीर (khañjīr) — a stabbing weapon
• Marathi: कट्यार (kaṭyār) — a stabbing weapon
• Minangkabau: gorok — a stabbing weapon
• Mon: ၜုန်ပညံၚ် — a stabbing weapon
• Mongolian: чинжаал (činžaal) — a stabbing weapon
• Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠨᠵᠠᠯ (činǰal) — a stabbing weapon
• Nogai: кынжал (kınjal) — a stabbing weapon
• Norwegian Bokmål: dolk — a stabbing weapon
• Ossetian: къама (k’ama) — a stabbing weapon
• Ossetian: хъама (qama) — a stabbing weapon
• Pali: churikā — a stabbing weapon
• Pashto: خنجر (xanjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Dari: خَنْجَر (xanjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Dari: دَشْنَه (dašna) — a stabbing weapon
• Dari: تَشْنَه (tašna) — a stabbing weapon
• Iranian Persian: خَنْجَر (xanjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Iranian Persian: دَشْنِه (dašne) — a stabbing weapon
• Iranian Persian: تَشْنِه (tašne) — a stabbing weapon
• Polish: sztylet — a stabbing weapon
• Polish: kindżał — a stabbing weapon
• Portuguese: adaga — a stabbing weapon
• Portuguese: punhal — a stabbing weapon
• Romanian: pumnal — a stabbing weapon
• Romanian: jungher — a stabbing weapon
• Romanian: stilet — a stabbing weapon
• Romanian: șiș — a stabbing weapon
• Russian: кинжа́л (kinžál) — a stabbing weapon
• Russian: стиле́т (stilét) — a stabbing weapon
• Russian: ко́ртик (kórtik) — a stabbing weapon
• Russian: дирк (dirk) — a stabbing weapon
• Russian: ханджа́р (xandžár) — a stabbing weapon
• Scottish Gaelic: biodag — a stabbing weapon
• Scottish Gaelic: cuinnsear — a stabbing weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: бо́деж — a stabbing weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̏ма — a stabbing weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: ха̀нџа̄р — a stabbing weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: bódež — a stabbing weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: kȁma — a stabbing weapon
• Serbo-Croatian: hàndžār — a stabbing weapon
• Slovak: dýka — a stabbing weapon
• Slovene: bodež — a stabbing weapon
• Spanish: daga — a stabbing weapon
• Spanish: puñal — a stabbing weapon
• Spanish: serranil — a stabbing weapon
• Swahili: jambia — a stabbing weapon
• Swedish: dolk — a stabbing weapon
• Tagalog: punyal — a stabbing weapon
• Tagalog: balaraw — a stabbing weapon
• Tagalog: patalim — a stabbing weapon
• Tagalog: daga — a stabbing weapon
• Tajik: ханҷар (xanjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Tajik: дашна (dašna) — a stabbing weapon
• Tatar: хәнҗәр (xäncär) — a stabbing weapon
• Telugu: కటారి (kaṭāri) — a stabbing weapon
• Telugu: బాకు (bāku) — a stabbing weapon
• Tetum: badi — a stabbing weapon
• Thai: กริช (grìt) — a stabbing weapon
• Thai: มีดสั้น — a stabbing weapon
• Tigrinya: ሽነት (šənät) — a stabbing weapon
• Turkish: hançer — a stabbing weapon
• Turkish: kama — a stabbing weapon
• Ottoman Turkish: خنجر (hancer) — a stabbing weapon
• Ottoman Turkish: دشنه (deşne) — a stabbing weapon
• Ottoman Turkish: قامه (kama) — a stabbing weapon
• Turkmen: hancar — a stabbing weapon
• Turkmen: gylyç — a stabbing weapon
• Ukrainian: кинджа́л (kyndžál) — a stabbing weapon
• Ukrainian: ханджа́р (xandžár) — a stabbing weapon
• Urdu: خَنْجَر (xanjar) — a stabbing weapon
• Urdu: دَشْنَہ (daśna) — a stabbing weapon
• Urdu: چُھری (churī) — a stabbing weapon
• Urhobo: agbogu — a stabbing weapon
• Uyghur: خەنجەر (xenjer) — a stabbing weapon
• Uzbek: xanjar — a stabbing weapon
• Vietnamese: dao găm — a stabbing weapon
• Welsh: dagr — a stabbing weapon
• Welsh: bidogan — a stabbing weapon
• Yakut: кынчаал (kïnčaal) — a stabbing weapon
• Yiddish: דאַגער (dager) — a stabbing weapon
• Armenian: խաչանիշ (xačʻaniš) — a text character
• Chinese Mandarin: 劍號 /剑号 (jiànhào) — a text character
• Dutch: kruis — a text character
• Finnish: risti — a text character
• French: croix — a text character
• German: Kreuz — a text character
• Greek: οβελίσκος (ovelískos) — a text character
• Hungarian: kereszt — a text character
• Ido: kruco — a text character
• Italian: croce — a text character
• Italian: obelisco — a text character
• Italian: obelo — a text character
• Macedonian: крст (krst) — a text character
• Portuguese: adaga — a text character
• Romanian: semn de carte — a text character
• Russian: кре́стик (kréstik) — a text character
• Serbo-Croatian: кри̑ж — a text character
• Serbo-Croatian: кр̏ст — a text character
• Serbo-Croatian: krȋž — a text character
• Serbo-Croatian: kȑst — a text character
• Spanish: obelus — a text character
• Swedish: kors — a text character
• Welsh: bidog — a text character