kinjal
(kɪnˈdʒɑːl)
[Native name in the Caucasus (= Russ. kinzhál), a. Pers. (Arab., Turk., Urdū) khanjar.]
(Among Caucasians and Kurds) = handjar, hanjar, khanjar.
| 1862 Harper's Mag. XXVI. 803/1, I laid aside revolver and kindshall. 1889 J. Abercromby Trip E. Caucasus 130 At his waist hung a kinjal and a long native sabre. 1897 R. D. Blackmore Dariel viii. 86 His hand was playing with his kinjal all the time, for so they call those deadly bits of steel, without which they never think their attire complete. 1924 Blackw. Mag. Feb. 149/1 The scar of a Kurdish kinjal. |