Handschar

== German == === Etymology 1 === From Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar), in part through Ottoman Turkish خنجر (hancar). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhandʒar/, [ˈhan.d͡ʒaʁ], [ˈhan.d͡ʒa(ɐ̯)] ==== Noun ==== 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 ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== Chandschar === Etymology 2 === 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 ==== IPA(key): /ˈhandʒar/, [ˈhan.d͡ʒaʁ], [ˈhan.d͡ʒa(ɐ̯)] (standard) IPA(key): /ˈhantˌʃaːr/, [ˈhantˌʃaː(ɐ̯)] (folk etymology, see above) ==== Proper noun ==== die Handschar f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Handschar) Handschar (Waffen-SS mountain infantry division made up of Balkan Muslims) Synonym: Handschar-Division