‖ khanjar
(ˈkændʒə(r))
Also 7 canjare, 8 -jer, 8–9 -jar, 9 -jiar, -giar, cunjur, khanda, kandjar, khunjur. See also handjar.
[Pers. (Arab., Turk., Urdū) khanjar, ḥanjar dagger.]
An Eastern dagger.
| 1684 J. Phillips tr. Tavernier's Trav. I. ii. iii. 200 The Canjare which he had in his hand, was a kind of Dagger, the blade whereof toward the Handle was three fingers broad. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XII. 346/2 A sabre and canjer (or dagger) worn in a bandelier. 1825 Scott Talism. xxvii, A sapphire, which terminated the hilt of his canjiar. 1828 Kuzzilbash I vii. 89 All wore the khunjur, or common dagger. 1845 Lady H. Stanhope Mem. I. iii. 108, I always slept with a khanjàr..by my side. 1888 Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) I. vii. 53 ‘And what do you make in Udaipur?’ ‘Swords,’ said the man..throwing down an armful of..kuttars, and khandas. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XX. 647/2 In that rite, with a two-edged dagger (khanda) sugar is stirred up in water. 1971 Daily Tel. 11 June 3 (caption) An alternative to the kirpan is the khanda, a small dagger. |