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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Most astutely observed Ibrahiim !!! That hilt with three prongs most certainly does resemble the Somalian 'billao' !!!
I wonder if there is more on the development of the billao, and obviously relationship to these nimchas. It seems these are shown in Elgood (Arabian Arms) as Hadhramauti, but it seems there are Indian counterparts.
More research!!!
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Salaams Jim , I agree ...More research... I would like to place a further supposition here that indicates, perhaps, the true meaning behind the word (from the Baluch);
Nimcha. It appears to concoct a single word from two .
Nim meaning half and
Cha being sword/blade. These blades are both long and short thus it may not mean half sword?...
Applied to this form, could it mean
single edged sword?
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.