kandjar

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kandjar

\kɑ̃.dʒaʁ\

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De l’arabe خنجر, hanjar (« poignard »). (1519) chanzar.

noun kandjars · candjiar · cangiar · kandjlar · kanglar · khandjar

Armement Sorte de poignard à lame très large. Le cœur me manque ; je tremble Et, dans mon sein traversé, De leur kandjar il me semble Sentir le contact glacé !

In English

dagger a stabbing weapon
khanjar Arabian dagger

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"kandjar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/kandjar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kandjar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/kandjar

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"kandjar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/kandjar.

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@misc{kandjar_2026,
  title = {kandjar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/kandjar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}