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кинжа́л — meaning in English

kinzhal

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English meaning

  • blade noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
  • dagger noun A short weapon with a pointed, double-edged blade, used for stabbing.
  • dirk noun A long dagger with a straight blade, traditionally associated with Scotland.
  • poniard noun A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.
  • stiletto noun A short, slender knife or dagger used for stabbing.

Senses

кинжа́л is used for these senses in English:

  • blade (mathematics) An exterior product of vectors. (The product may have more than two factors. Also, a scalar counts as a 0-blade, a vector as a 1-blade; an exterior product of k vectors may be called a k-blade.)
  • dagger (weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
  • dirk A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
  • khanjar A kind of dagger used in certain Arabian countries.
  • kindjal A kind of short sword or dagger used in Russia.
  • poniard (now, chiefly, historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade. [from 16th c.]
  • stiletto A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.

blade — full definition

  1. noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
  2. noun A flat, thin part shaped like a cutting blade, such as of a fan, propeller, oar, or grass.
  3. verb To skate using inline skates ("rollerblades").

dagger — full definition

  1. noun A short weapon with a pointed, double-edged blade, used for stabbing.
  2. noun The symbol †, used in writing to mark footnotes or, historically, a person's death.

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