Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خنجر (hancer), خنچار (hançar) (Turkish hançer), from Persian خنجر (xanjar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xǎnd͡ʒaːr/
  • Hyphenation: хан‧џар

Noun

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ха̀нџа̄р m (Latin spelling hàndžār)

  1. khanjar

Declension

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References

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  • ханџар” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 310