خنجر

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Arabic

Etymology

From Persian خنجر (xanjar).

Pronunciation

Noun

خَنْجَر • (ḵanjar) m (plural خَنَاجِر (ḵanājir))

  1. dagger

Declension

Declension of noun خَنْجَر (ḵanjar)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal خَنْجَر
ḵanjar 		الْخَنْجَر
al-ḵanjar 		خَنْجَر
ḵanjar
nominative خَنْجَرٌ
ḵanjarun 		الْخَنْجَرُ
al-ḵanjaru 		خَنْجَرُ
ḵanjaru
accusative خَنْجَرًا
ḵanjaran 		الْخَنْجَرَ
al-ḵanjara 		خَنْجَرَ
ḵanjara
genitive خَنْجَرٍ
ḵanjarin 		الْخَنْجَرِ
al-ḵanjari 		خَنْجَرِ
ḵanjari
dual indefinite definite construct
informal خَنْجَرَيْن
ḵanjarayn 		الْخَنْجَرَيْن
al-ḵanjarayn 		خَنْجَرَيْ
ḵanjaray
nominative خَنْجَرَانِ
ḵanjarāni 		الْخَنْجَرَانِ
al-ḵanjarāni 		خَنْجَرَا
ḵanjarā
accusative خَنْجَرَيْنِ
ḵanjarayni 		الْخَنْجَرَيْنِ
al-ḵanjarayni 		خَنْجَرَيْ
ḵanjaray
genitive خَنْجَرَيْنِ
ḵanjarayni 		الْخَنْجَرَيْنِ
al-ḵanjarayni 		خَنْجَرَيْ
ḵanjaray
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal خَنَاجِر
ḵanājir 		الْخَنَاجِر
al-ḵanājir 		خَنَاجِر
ḵanājir
nominative خَنَاجِرُ
ḵanājiru 		الْخَنَاجِرُ
al-ḵanājiru 		خَنَاجِرُ
ḵanājiru
accusative خَنَاجِرَ
ḵanājira 		الْخَنَاجِرَ
al-ḵanājira 		خَنَاجِرَ
ḵanājira
genitive خَنَاجِرَ
ḵanājira 		الْخَنَاجِرِ
al-ḵanājiri 		خَنَاجِرِ
ḵanājiri

Derived terms

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

خنجر

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خنجر (xanjar, “dagger”).

Noun

خنجر • (hancar or hancer) (definite accusative خنجری (hanceri), plural خنجرلر (hancerler))

  1. dagger, poniard, a stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade
    Synonym: دشنه (deşne)
  2. khanjar, a kind of traditional dagger used in Arabic countries whose shape resembles a hook

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian ; compare Manichaean Parthian (xnjyr /⁠xenjer⁠/), (hynjyr /⁠henjer⁠/, “dagger”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xanjar
Dari reading? xanjar
Iranian reading? xanjar
Tajik reading? xanjar

Noun

Dari خنجر
Iranian Persian
Tajik ханҷар

خنجر • (xanjar) (plural خنجرها)

  1. dagger, khanjar

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar).

Noun

خنجر • (ḵanjar) m (plural خناجر (ḵanājer))

  1. dagger

Urdu

شہنشاہ اورنگزیب کا خنجر

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَنْجَر (xanjar). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi خنجر (xnjr /⁠xañjar⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

خَن٘جَر • (xañjar) m (Hindi spelling ख़ंजर)

  1. dagger, khanjar
    Synonyms: چاقُو (cāqū), چُھری (churī)
    • 1983, افتخار عارف , مہرِ دو نیم ‎, page 60:
      قاتل جِس کی زَد سے خُود محفُوظ رہ سکے ایسا کوئی خنجر نہیں دیکھا بہُت دنوں سے
      qātil jis kī zad se xūd maḥfūz̤ rah sake aisā ko'ī xanjar nahīṉ dekhā bahut dinoṉ se
      an assassin who can remain safe from his own blows – I've not seen such a dagger in some time now
  2. (Sufism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Declension of خنجر
singular plural
direct خَن٘جَر (xañjar) خَن٘جَر (xañjar)
oblique خَن٘جَر (xañjar) خَن٘جَروں (xañjarõ)
vocative خَن٘جَر (xañjar) خَن٘جَرو (xañjaro)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “خنجر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • “خنجر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “خنجر”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
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