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Definition of Jambiya
1. Noun. An Arabian (especially Yemeni) dagger with a short curved blade that is worn on a belt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jambiya
1. a Middle Eastern curved dagger [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jambiya
Literary usage of Jambiya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Description of Indian and Oriental Armour: Illustrated from the Collection by Wilbraham Egerton Egerton (1896)
"DAGGER ; " jambiya;" bright curved blade, with strong central rib ; hilt of horn,
ornamented with Venetian sequins, and encircled by an embossed band of ..."
2. An Illustrated Handbook of Indian Arms: Being a Classified and Descriptive by Indian Museum, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton (1880)
"DAGGER ; " jambiya;" bright curved blade, with strong central rib ; hilt of horn,
ornamented with Venetian sequins, and encircled by an embossed band ..."
3. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... the jambiya ; the katar, a triangular, heavy-bladed dagger, with a peculiar
handle of steel; the khanjar has a short blade, and the pesh-kabz with blade ..."
4. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"The fact that southern Arabians [Arabs] have sported jambiya daggers from ancient
times to the present suggest that the only reason Muslims did not carry ..."
5. A Description of Indian and Oriental Armour: Illustrated from the Collection by Wilbraham Egerton Egerton (1896)
"DAGGER ; " jambiya;" bright curved blade, with strong central rib ; hilt of horn,
ornamented with Venetian sequins, and encircled by an embossed band of ..."
6. An Illustrated Handbook of Indian Arms: Being a Classified and Descriptive by Indian Museum, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton (1880)
"DAGGER ; " jambiya;" bright curved blade, with strong central rib ; hilt of horn,
ornamented with Venetian sequins, and encircled by an embossed band ..."
7. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... the jambiya ; the katar, a triangular, heavy-bladed dagger, with a peculiar
handle of steel; the khanjar has a short blade, and the pesh-kabz with blade ..."
8. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"The fact that southern Arabians [Arabs] have sported jambiya daggers from ancient
times to the present suggest that the only reason Muslims did not carry ..."
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