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Middle-eastern dagger with curved blade is called hanjar in the Persian sphere of influence, and jambia in the Arab one ( yes, I am aware of shibria, koummya etc).
What is the correct name in the Ottoman Turkish areal? Where did they get it from? Yemen, since the beginning of the 16th century or Iran a bit earlier? Did the name come with the object or did they have their own one? |
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Yes, like this one and others with different handles but similar blades.
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"Hançer" for single edged curved long knives; "kama" for double edged straight long knives, "saldırma" for S curved long knives(like a miniature yataghan), and bıçak as a general term for all kind of knives. There are also other older and regional terms(like my name "sancar" means short straight dagger
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Thank you for that, Sancar. It would be very helpful to English-speaking members if you explain the pronunciation also, please?
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You are welcome Oliver, I'd like to help you wth pronounciation but I have no idea how to write phonetically. I can only say kama sounds exactly like the Japanese sickle weapon kama(both Altaic languages)
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