Pronunciation: Khanjar and Jambiya

AJ1356 · 27th August 2012, 07:05 PM

Khanjar is a Persian word and we have always pronounced it Khanjar, never Khunjar.

A. G. Maisey · 27th August 2012, 11:02 PM

Interesting.

As a transliteration from a different script, I would imagine that both words would be pronounced phonetically, which seems to be the case from what Ibrahim has written, with any variation in vowel pronunciation being a product of region, however, one letter does puzzle me, and that is the "R" in khanjar.

Is this letter rolled, or is it flat?

Atlantia · 28th August 2012, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

*snip*however, one letter does puzzle me, and that is the "R" in khanjar.

Is this letter rolled, or is it flat?

Well, I always assumed that it was a hard sound: open up, and say 'AHH'.

27th August 2012, 07:05 PM	#1
AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	Khanjar is a Persian word and we have always pronounced it Khanjar, never Khunjar.

27th August 2012, 11:02 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,056	Interesting. As a transliteration from a different script, I would imagine that both words would be pronounced phonetically, which seems to be the case from what Ibrahim has written, with any variation in vowel pronunciation being a product of region, however, one letter does puzzle me, and that is the "R" in khanjar. Is this letter rolled, or is it flat?