khanjar

dagger

خَنْجَر

Word

Noun

Root

خ ن ج ر

Forms

Plural
خَناجِر

In the library

فانتهره تقي الدين وزجره، فاستل خنجراً له يعرف عندهم بالجنبية، وضربه ضربة واحدة كان فيها حتفه.

The Travels, page 71 →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • خَنْجَرٌ A knife: or a great knife
    (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and خِنْجِرٌ (Msb) and خِنْجَرٌ, (K,) the last of a rare form, like دِرْهَمٌ, (TA,) A knife: or a great knife: (K:) or a kind of large knife [or dagger, generally curved, and double-edged], (S, Mgh, Msb,) called in Persian دَشْنَهْ: (Mgh:) pl. خَنَاجِرُ. (Msb.) Some say, [as, for instance, the author of the Msb,] that the ن is augmentative, the measure being فنعل. (TA.) -A2- Also the first, (K,) and ↓ خُنْجُورٌ, (As, S, TA,) or ↓ خُنْجُورَةٌ, and ↓ خَنْجَرَةٌ, (K,) A she-camel abounding with milk: (As, S, K:) pl. خَنَاجِرُ. (S.) And ↓ خُنْجُورَةٌ A bulky she-camel. (K.)
  • خَنْجَرَةٌ Open entry
    : see above.
  • خُنْجُورٌ Open entry
    and خُنْجُورَةٌ: see خَنْجَرٌ, in three places.

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