khan·jar
| \ ˈkanˌjär \
variants:
or handjar \
ˈha-
\
plural -s
Definition of khanjar
: a short curved dagger of Muslim countries
the broad silver-sheathed khanjars —the mark of authority in the northern deserts— Ralph Hammond-Innes
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