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kukri
- /ˈkʊkɹi/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ʊkɹi
Where it comes from
From Nepali खुकुरी (khukurī).
noun kukris · khukuri · kukuri · kookeree · kookri
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A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme.
In the later part of the Second World War it was customary in the French army to vaunt the ferocity of ‘their’ Algerian Tirailleurs against the Germans, much as the British took pride in the deeds performed by the Gurkhas with their terrible kukris.
Similar: Gurkha knife
Translations
Talk about this word "kukri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kukri. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kukri. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kukri "kukri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kukri.Cite this
@misc{kukri_2026,
title = {kukri},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kukri},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
