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خنجر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of large knife or dagger. It also extends to describe a camel that is abundant in milk.

Derived headwords

الخِنْجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    a large knife, a daggerboth

    a large knife, a dagger

الخَنْجُورnoun
  1. 1.
    camel (abundant milk)classical

    A female camel that is very generous with her milk, producing it abundantly.

خَنَاجِرnoun
  1. 1.
    daggersboth

    The plural form of khinjar, referring to multiple daggers.

Parallel reading

الخنجر: سكين كبير.
The dagger: a large knife.
والخنجور: الناقة الغزيرة، والجمع الخناجر.
And the khanjur: the camel abundant [in milk], and the plural is khanaajir.