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khanjar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkand͡ʒə/
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noun

Meaning 1

A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle Persian [Term?] Classical Persian خَنْجَر (xanjar)bor. Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar)bor. English khanjar Borrowed from Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar). Doublet of kindjal.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خَنْجَر (ḵanjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Arabic: خَنْجَر (ḵangar) — Arabian dagger
  • Arabic: خَنْجَر (ḵanjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Armenian: խանչալ (xančʻal) — Arabian dagger
  • Azerbaijani: xəncər — Arabian dagger
  • Belarusian: ханджа́р (xandžár) — Arabian dagger
  • Belarusian: кінжа́л (kinžál) — Arabian dagger
  • Bengali: খঞ্জর (khôñjôr) — Arabian dagger
  • Bulgarian: ханджа́р (handžár) — Arabian dagger
  • Crimean Tatar: hancer — Arabian dagger
  • Crimean Tatar: qancer — Arabian dagger
  • Czech: chandžar — Arabian dagger
  • Finnish: khanjar — Arabian dagger
  • French: kandjar — Arabian dagger
  • Georgian: ხანჯალი (xanǯali) — Arabian dagger
  • German: Handschar — Arabian dagger
  • Hindi: ख़ंजर (xañjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Hindi: खंजर (khañjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Hindi: कटार (kaṭār) — Arabian dagger
  • Hindi: पेशकब्ज (peśkabj) — Arabian dagger
  • Hindi: कटारी (kaṭārī) — Arabian dagger
  • Hungarian: handzsár — Arabian dagger
  • Indonesian: khanjar — Arabian dagger
  • Italian: khanjar — Arabian dagger
  • Kalmyk: ханҗал (xanjal) — Arabian dagger
  • Kazakh: қанжар (qanjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Central Kurdish: خەنجەر (xencer) — Arabian dagger
  • Northern Kurdish: xencer — Arabian dagger
  • Kyrgyz: канжар (kanjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Lithuanian: chandžaras — Arabian dagger
  • Macedonian: а́нџар (ándžar) — Arabian dagger
  • Malay: kanjar — Arabian dagger
  • Malay: khanjar — Arabian dagger
  • Nepali: खञ्जर् (khañjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Pashto: خنجر (xanjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Persian: خنجر (xanjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Polish: handżar — Arabian dagger
  • Portuguese: khanjar — Arabian dagger
  • Portuguese: canjar — Arabian dagger
  • Russian: ханджа́р (xandžár) — Arabian dagger
  • Russian: кинжа́л (kinžál) — Arabian dagger
  • Serbo-Croatian: ха̀нџа̄р — Arabian dagger
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀нџа̄р — Arabian dagger
  • Serbo-Croatian: hàndžār — Arabian dagger
  • Serbo-Croatian: àndžār — Arabian dagger
  • Slovak: handžár — Arabian dagger
  • Spanish: janyar — Arabian dagger
  • Tajik: ханҷар (xanjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Tatar: хәнҗәр (xäncär) — Arabian dagger
  • Turkish: hançer — Arabian dagger
  • Ottoman Turkish: خنجر (hancer) — Arabian dagger
  • Turkmen: hancar — Arabian dagger
  • Ukrainian: ханджа́р (xandžár) — Arabian dagger
  • Ukrainian: кинджа́л (kyndžál) — Arabian dagger
  • Urdu: خَنْجَر (xanjar) — Arabian dagger
  • Uyghur: خەنجەر (xenjer) — Arabian dagger
  • Uzbek: xanjar — Arabian dagger