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{{also|Dagger}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}
[[Image:Dagger_India_Louvre_MR13434.jpg|thumb|A small and richly decorated Mughal-era dagger of North India (Louvre, Paris, MR 13434)]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|en|/ˈdæɡ.ə(ɹ)/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dagger.wav|Audio (UK)}}
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|en|/ˈdæɡ.ɚ/}}
* {{rhymes|en|æɡə(ɹ)|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|daggere}}, {{m|enm|daggare}}, {{m|enm|dagard}}, probably adapted from {{der|en|fro|dague}} (1229), related to {{cog|oc|-}}, {{cog|it|-}}, {{cog|es|daga}}, {{cog|nl|dagge}}, {{cog|de|Degen}}, {{cog|gml|dagge||knife's point}}, {{cog|non|daggarðr}}, {{cog|da|daggert}}, {{cog|fo|daggari}}, {{cog|cy|dager}}, {{m|cy|dagr}}, {{cog|br|dac}}, {{cog|sq|thikë||a knife, dagger}}, {{m|sq|thek||to stab, to pierce with a sharp object}}.

In English attested from the 1380s.
The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. Grimm<ref>[http://germazope.uni-trier.de:8080/Projekte/WBB2009/DWB/wbgui_py?lemid=GM03434 Grimm]</ref> <!-- dead link -->suspects Celtic origin.
Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin {{m|la|*daca}} "Dacian [knife]", from the Latin adjective {{m|la|dācus}}<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacia</ref>. Chastelain (''Dictionaire etymologique'', 1750) thought that French ''dague'' was a derivation from German ''dagge'', ''dagen'', although not attested until a much later date).

The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) uses ''daca'' in his ''Philippide''. Other Middle Latin forms include ''daga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga''<ref>http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/DAGGER</ref>; the forms with ''-r-'' are late 14th century adoptions of the English word).
OED points out that there is also an English verb {{m|en|dag||to stab}} from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400.

Relation to Old Armenian {{m|xcl|դակու||adze, axe}} has also been suggested<ref>{{R:xcl:Martirosyan|page=232}}</ref>. Alternatively, a connection from {{cog|ine-pro|*dʰāg-u-}} and cognate with Ancient Greek {{m|grc|θήγω||to sharpen, whet}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|weapon}} {{lb|en|weapons}} A [[stab]]bing [[weapon]], similar to a [[sword]] but with a short, [[double-edged]] [[blade]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1786|author={{w|Francis Grose}}|title=A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons|page=34|passage=The '''dagger''', under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.}}
# {{senseid|en|character}} {{lb|en|typography}} The text character {{l|mul|†}}; the [[obelus]].
# {{label|en|basketball|American football}} A point scored near the end of the game ([[clutch]] time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.
#: {{ux|en|Curry's last-minute 3-point '''dagger''' silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come up big in big moments.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{qualifier|stabbing weapon}}: [[dirk]], [[knife]]
* {{qualifier|text character}}: [[obelisk]], [[obelus]]
* {{qualifier|anything that causes pain like a dagger}} [[barb]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|at daggers drawn|cloak-and-dagger|daggerman|double dagger|look daggers|speak daggers|stare daggers|daggerless|daggerlike|daggertooth|bollock dagger|Bridport dagger|bull-dagger|dagger board|dagger moth|dagger of lath|dagger-axe|dagger-sharp|ear dagger|kidney dagger|mutton dagger|parrying dagger|punch dagger|push dagger|Spanish dagger|stab yourself and pass the dagger|Swiss dagger}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|a stabbing weapon}}
* Adyghe: {{t|ady|къамэ}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|kamë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|خَنْجَر|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|خنجر|m|tr=ḵangar}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|خَنْجَر|m|tr=ḵanjar}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|դաշույն}}
* Assamese: {{t-needed|as}}
* Avar: {{t|av|ханжар}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|xəncər}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|sastagai}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|кінжа́л|m}}
* Bengali: {{t-needed|bn}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|кама́|f}}, {{t+|bg|кинжа́л|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|daga|f}}, {{t+|ca|punyal|m}}
* Chakma: {{t-needed|ccp}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|шаьлта}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|短劍}}, {{t+|cmn|匕首|tr=bǐshǒu}}, {{t+|cmn|短刀}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|hancer}}, {{t|crh|qancer}}, {{t|crh|qama}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dýka|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|dolk|c}}
* Dhivehi: {{t-needed|dv}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|dolk|m}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|bꜣgsw|h=b-bA-A-g-sw-w-N34}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ponardo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|pistoda}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|slíðraknívur|m}}, {{t|fo|dolkur|m}}, {{t|fo|daggari|m}}
* Fataluku: {{t|ddg|pace}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tikari}}
* French: {{t+|fr|poignard|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|pugnâl}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ხანჯალი}}, {{t|ka|დაშნა}}, {{t+|ka|სატევარი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Dolch|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|στιλέτο|n}}, {{t+|el|εγχειρίδιο|n}}, {{t+|el|ξιφίδιο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ξιφίδιον|n}}, {{t|grc|ἐγχειρίδιον|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|פִּגְיוֹן|m|tr=pigyón}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|छुरा|m}}, {{t+|hi|छूरा|m}}, {{t+|hi|छुरी|f}}, {{t+|hi|छूरी|f}}, {{t|hi|ख़ंजर|m}}, {{t+|hi|खंजर|m}}, {{t+|hi|क्षुरी|f}}, {{t+|hi|क्षुर|m}}, {{t|hi|क्षौरी|f}}, {{t+|hi|कटार|m}}, {{t+|hi|कटारी|f}}, {{t+|hi|छुरिका|f}}, {{t+|hi|असि|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tőr}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|rýtingur|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|poniardo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|belati}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|шалта}}
* Iranun: {{t-needed|ill}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|miodóg|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|daga|f}}, {{t+|it|pugnale|m}}, {{t+|it|stiletto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|短剣|tr=たんけん, tanken}}, {{t+|ja|短刀|tr=たんとう, tantō}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|glathi}}
* Kabardian: {{t|kbd|къамэ}}
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|ханҗал}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಬಾಕು}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қанжар}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|កាំបិតស្នៀត}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|단검(短劍)}}, {{t|ko|회검(懷劍)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|دەبان}}, {{t+|ckb|خەنجەر}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|xencer}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|канжар}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|tutyns|m}}, {{t|ltg|mylyns|m}}
* Latin: {{t|la|pūgiō|m}}, {{t|la|sīca|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|duncis}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|peilis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|бодеж|m}}, {{t|mk|кама|f}}
* Maguindanao: {{t|mdh|sundang}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|belati}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|കഠാര}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|oka}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|gonong}}, {{t|mrw|gorok}}
* Minangkabau: {{t|min|gorok}}
* Mon: {{t+|mnw|ၜုန်ပညံၚ်}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|чинжаал}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠴᠢᠨᠵᠠᠯ}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|dolk|m}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|къама}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|خنجر|tr=hancer}}, {{t|ota|قامه|tr=kama}}
* Pali: {{t|pi|churikā|f}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|خنجر|tr=xanjar}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|خنجر|tr=xanjar}}, {{t+|fa|دشنه|tr=dašne}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|sztylet|m}}, {{t+|pl|kindżał|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|adaga|f}}, {{t+|pt|punhal|m}}
* Rohingya: {{t-needed|rhg}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pumnal|n}}, {{t+|ro|jungher|n}}, {{t+|ro|stilet|n}}, {{t+|ro|șiș|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кинжа́л|m}}, {{t+|ru|стиле́т|m}} {{qualifier|stiletto}}, {{t+|ru|ко́ртик|m}} {{qualifier|dirk}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|biodag|f}}, {{t|gd|cuinnsear|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|бо́деж|m}}, {{t|sh|ка̏ма|f}} 
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|bódež|m}}, {{t+|sh|kȁma|f}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|dýka|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|bodež|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|канджар}}, {{t|alt|канјыл}}, {{t|alt|канджыл}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|daga|f}}, {{t+|es|puñal|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|jambia}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dolk|c}}
* Sylheti: {{t-needed|syl}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|punyal}}, {{t|tl|balaraw}}, {{t|tl|patalim}}, {{t+|tl|daga}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|ханҷар}}, {{t|tg|дашна}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|хәнҗәр}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|badi}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|กริช}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hançer}}, {{t+|tr|kama}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|hancar}}, {{t|tk|gylyç}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|кинджа́л|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|خَنْجَر|m|tr=xanjar}}, {{t|ur|دَشْنہ|m|tr=daśnā}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|خەنجەر}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|xanjar}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|dao găm}}
* Volapük: {{t-needed|vo}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|dagr|m}}, {{t|cy|bidogan|f}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|кынчаал}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|דאַגער|m}}
* Zhuang: {{t-needed|za}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a text character}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|խաչանիշ}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|劍號|tr=jiànhào}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kruis|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|risti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|croix|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kreuz|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|οβελίσκος|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kereszt}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|kruco}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|croce|f}}, {{t+|it|obelisco|m}}, {{t|it|obelo|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|крст|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|adaga|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|semn de carte|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кре́стик|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|кри̑ж|m}}, {{t|sh|кр̏ст|m}} 
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|krȋž|m}}, {{t+|sh|kȑst|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|obelus|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kors|n}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|bidog|m|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|daga}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+check|kmr|xencer|f}}, {{t+check|kmr|qeme}}, {{t+check|kmr|deban}}, {{t+check|kmr|kahûr}}
* Lithuanian: {{t-check|lt|durklas|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|puñal|m}}, {{t+check|es|daga|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|en|poniard}}
* {{l|en|rondel}}
* {{l|en|stiletto}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To pierce with a dagger; to [[stab]].

===Etymology 2===
Perhaps from {{m|en|diagonal}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[timber]] placed [[diagonal]]ly in a [[ship]]'s [[frame]].
#* {{quote-book|en|1812|David Steel|The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture|passage='''DAGGER'''. A piece of timber that faces on to the [[poppet]]s of the [[bilgeway]]s, and crosses them diagonally , to keep them together}}

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adeggr|dragge|ragged}}

[[Category:en:Ship parts]]