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Old 26th February 2012, 10:09 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by chregu
Thank you for your help.
why is the Kurdish dagger jambiya and not Khanjar?
which means johar?
chregu
Hi chregu
- why Kurdish ?
because our background or expertise, give us that answer,
with a margin of 0% error ... at least, as far as this dagger it's concerned

- why jambyia and not Khanjar ?
because our background or expertise, give us that answer,
with a margin of 0% error ... at least, as far as this dagger it's concerned
in fact, the shape of the dagger, it's too much characteristic,
no doubt about our affirmation
the appellation could change from country to country, e.g.
with roughly the same form, an A.E.U. dagger will be a khangar, when in Yemen, we will talk about "jambiya"

- what means "johar" ? it's a Farsi word for what Indian call "wootz"
wootz - definition of wootz , meaning of wootz
a famous type of steel from India , much admired for making sword blades.


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