Mysterious shord sword - kama

buendia · 25th February 2010, 12:45 PM

Since it comes from Caucasus shouldn`t it be called kindjal instead of kama?

ariel · 26th February 2010, 02:38 AM

Well, not exactly :-)
In Georgia and most of Daghestan it is Khanjali ( with minor variations).
In Chechnya/Ingushetiya it is Shalta
In Chircassia and Ossetia it is Kama
There are smaller nationalities as well, and there it varies between Shalta and Kama.

I do not know what it is called in Armenian

ward · 26th February 2010, 03:08 AM

I do not know what it is called in Armenian[/QUOTE]

I heard "khanjul" but there are different dialects

25th February 2010, 12:45 PM	#1
buendia Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Silesia, Poland Posts: 41	Since it comes from Caucasus shouldn`t it be called kindjal instead of kama?

26th February 2010, 02:38 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Well, not exactly :-) In Georgia and most of Daghestan it is Khanjali ( with minor variations). In Chechnya/Ingushetiya it is Shalta In Chircassia and Ossetia it is Kama There are smaller nationalities as well, and there it varies between Shalta and Kama. I do not know what it is called in Armenian

26th February 2010, 03:08 AM	#3
ward Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 637	I do not know what it is called in Armenian[/QUOTE] I heard "khanjul" but there are different dialects