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Originally Posted by BBJW
I was told this story years ago and have always been curious about it. An Englishman was cataloging blades in the Afghanistan area in the early 1900s. He asked his native helper to hand him the next blade and the Afghan said "choora". The name stuck. I have a friend working in Afghanistan right now and I asked him to ask their interpreter what "choora" means. I received this Sunday 2-18. Choora means roughly to be emasculated. It is a derogatory term to tell someone that he cannot be with a woman as he has lost his manhood. It is the same word in Farsi, Pashtu, and Dari.
Cheers
bbjw
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In your PM to me you indicated that "choora" is " next" and that the mis-naming this dagger in European catalogues resulted from a comic misunderstanding.
Now we venture into something malevolent: castration, mutilation...
Which version is correct?