Definition of Jambiyahs

1. Noun. (plural of jambiyah) ¹

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Definition of Jambiyahs

1. jambiyah [n] - See also: jambiyah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jambiyahs

jambed
jambee
jambees
jamber
jamberry
jambers
jambes
jambeux
jambia
jambias
jambier
jambiers
jambing
jambiya
jambiyah
jambiyahs (current term)
jambiyas
jambless
jambo
jambok
jambokked
jambokking
jamboks
jambolan
jambolana
jambolans
jambon
jambone
jambones
jambool

Literary usage of Jambiyahs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Six Months in the Hejaz: An Account of the Mohammedan Pilgrimages to Meccah by John Fryer Keane (1887)
"The iron of the jambiyahs is exceedingly soft, and sharpened by beating out the edge cold on a small anvil shaped for this purpose only, the sharpening of ..."

2. Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast by Richard Francis Burton (1872)
"7, directed at the head or preferably at the shoulder : the former is evaded by leaping or breaking ground, the latter is parried with the shield. jambiyahs ..."

3. Six Months in Meccah: An Account of the Mohammedan Pilgrimage to Meccah by John Fryer Keane (1881)
"jambiyahs are slightly different in make in different parts of Arabia, and are known by the names of the places that most affect the particular shape. ..."

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