Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Please help translate this (Arabic?) inscription

Atlantia · 22nd November 2010, 11:59 AM

It's definately a Bhutan style, I must admit they tend to just be labeled 'Tibetan knife' over here.
The inscription is not arabic. Looks like Tibetan (Dzongkha (Bhutanese) It is a Sino-Tibetan language which is quite closely related to Tibetan and distantly related to Chinese) Have a look at this page for Tibetan numerals:

Tibetan numerals

The similarities are clear. I'm not sure if this is a date/numerals or words. But I think it is Tibetan/Bhutanese.

Edit: adding wiki quote: origin of Bhutanese.

22nd November 2010, 11:59 AM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	It's definately a Bhutan style, I must admit they tend to just be labeled 'Tibetan knife' over here. The inscription is not arabic. Looks like Tibetan (Dzongkha (Bhutanese) It is a Sino-Tibetan language which is quite closely related to Tibetan and distantly related to Chinese) Have a look at this page for Tibetan numerals: Tibetan numerals The similarities are clear. I'm not sure if this is a date/numerals or words. But I think it is Tibetan/Bhutanese. Edit: adding wiki quote: origin of Bhutanese. Last edited by Atlantia; 22nd November 2010 at 12:11 PM.