кинджал

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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A Turkic borrowing, probably via Kumyk хынжал (xınjal).[1] Compare Nogai кынжал (kınjal), Crimean Tatar къанджер, ханджер, гъанджер, Tatar хәнҗәр (xäncär), Yakut кынчаал (kıncaal). Related to Persian خنجر (xanjar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kenˈd͡ʒaɫ]
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Noun

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кинджа́л (kyndžálm inan (genitive кинджа́ла, nominative plural кинджа́ли, genitive plural кинджа́лів)

  1. dagger, poniard

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “кинджал”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 433. Melnychuk spells the Kumyk word as "къынчал".

Further reading

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