Handschar.
khanjar (oriental dagger)
Meaning & usage
khanjar (oriental dagger)
Where this word comes from
From Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar), in part through Ottoman Turkish خنجر (hancar).
Handschar (Waffen-SS mountain infantry division made up of Balkan Muslims)
Where this word comes from
From Serbo-Croatian handžar, from the Ottoman word in etymology 1. Feminine gender after Division. Sometimes reinterpreted by folk etymology as Hand + Schar (literally “hand troop”, further interpretable as “auxiliary troop” or the like).
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