‖ handjar, hanjar
(ˈhændʒə(r))
Also 7 handiarre, haniar; see also khanjar.
[Pers. (Arab.) khanjar dagger.]
A Persian or Turkish dagger or sword-knife.
| 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 1313 He stabbed her with his handiarre. 1625–6 Purchas Pilgrims II. ix. 1588 (Stanf.) They always weare a Haniar (that is, a Dagger) set with rich stones. 1696 Phillips (ed. 5), Hanjar, a certain kind of Dagger worn by the Bashaws Wives. 1873 Dixon Two Queens I. v. i. 234 He hung a Moorish hanjar on his thigh. 1887 Pall Mall G. 5 Oct. 1/2 A Montenegrin noble..greatly encumbered in his play by the revolvers and handjar in his belt. |