Another fine Alguinjar

ariel · 7th July 2007, 03:03 AM

Rather naive query: wouldn't Alguinjar be just a simple " Al khanjar", ie "the dagger"?

Jim McDougall · 7th July 2007, 05:15 AM

Not naieve Ariel, extremely astute!!

Actually a quite plausible suggestion, as it seems often that terms used to describe many sword forms apply equally to smaller or shorter, dagger size forms of the weapon. For example a flyssa may describe the range of this weapon from the full size sword to dagger size examples.
Nicely done!

All the best,
Jim

7th July 2007, 03:03 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Rather naive query: wouldn't Alguinjar be just a simple " Al khanjar", ie "the dagger"?

7th July 2007, 05:15 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,285	Not naieve Ariel, extremely astute!! Actually a quite plausible suggestion, as it seems often that terms used to describe many sword forms apply equally to smaller or shorter, dagger size forms of the weapon. For example a flyssa may describe the range of this weapon from the full size sword to dagger size examples. Nicely done! All the best, Jim