Handschar
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar), in part through Ottoman Turkish خنجر (hancar).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Handschar m or (both dated) n or f (strong or mixed, genitive Handschars or Handschar, plural Handschars or Handschare or Handscharen)
- khanjar (oriental dagger)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Handschar [masculine // neuter (dated), strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der, das | Handschar | die | Handschars, Handschare |
genitive | eines | des | Handschars, Handschar | der | Handschars, Handschare |
dative | einem | dem | Handschar | den | Handschars, Handscharen |
accusative | einen, ein | den, das | Handschar | die | Handschars, Handschare |
Declension of Handschar [feminine (dated)]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Handschar | die | Handschars, Handscharen |
genitive | einer | der | Handschar | der | Handschars, Handscharen |
dative | einer | der | Handschar | den | Handschars, Handscharen |
accusative | eine | die | Handschar | die | Handschars, Handscharen |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Serbo-Croatian handžar, from the Ottoman word in etymology 1. Feminine gender after Division. Sometimes reinterpreted by folk etymology as Hand + Schar (literally “hand troop”, further interpretable as “auxiliary troop” or the like).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhandʒar/, [ˈhan.d͡ʒaʁ], [ˈhan.d͡ʒa(ɐ̯)] (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈhantˌʃaːr/, [ˈhantˌʃaː(ɐ̯)] (folk etymology, see above)
Proper noun
[edit]die Handschar f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Handschar)
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- German terms derived from Arabic
- German terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
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- German mixed nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German feminine nouns
- German terms borrowed from Serbo-Croatian
- German terms derived from Serbo-Croatian
- German compound terms
- German proper nouns