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‖ 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.
1684J. 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. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XII. 346/2 A sabre and canjer (or dagger) worn in a bandelier. 1825Scott Talism. xxvii, A sapphire, which terminated the hilt of his canjiar. 1828Kuzzilbash I vii. 89 All wore the khunjur, or common dagger. 1845Lady H. Stanhope Mem. I. iii. 108, I always slept with a khanjàr..by my side. 1888Kipling 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. 1957Encycl. Brit. XX. 647/2 In that rite, with a two-edged dagger (khanda) sugar is stirred up in water. 1971Daily Tel. 11 June 3 (caption) An alternative to the kirpan is the khanda, a small dagger. |