Khol (खोल्)
Nepali for the grooves running the base of a khukuri blade.
Kauro (कौड़ो)
Nepali term for the notch at the base of a khukurī blade.
Dhār (धार्)
Nepali term for the edge of a blade.
Bāṛ (बाड़्)
Nepali term for the blade of a khukurī.
Budhunē khukurī (बुधुने खुकुरी)
A variation of khukri with a short, broad blade.
Khukri (खुक्रि)
The traditional fighting and utility knife of Nepal.
Keris
Thrusting dagger of the Malay archipelago, often with an undulating blade.
Trousse
French word for case or kit. Used for arms that carry other accouterments in their scabbard.
Jamdhar (جامدار )
Persian word meaning "demon's tooth", used to describe daggers.
Garsoee katar (घरसूई कटार)
A specific type of katar that is commonly associated with Kutch.
Khema
Alternate writing for Khēmau, an armorer working at Bundi.
Sirupātē khukurī (सिरुपाते खुकुरी)
A slender form of Nepalese khukurī.
Kukri
Common collector's term for the Nepalese khukuri. Main article: Khukuri
Khukurī (खुकुरी )
A utility and fighting knife associated mainly with the Ghurkas of Nepal.
Khēmau (खेमौ)
An armorer working in Bundi from at least 1835 to 1872.
Khanjar (خنجر)
Persian word for dagger.
Seleme
Manchu word for a type of large hunting knife.
Shùndāo (順刀)
Chinese name for a type of large hunting knife.
Kard (کرد)
A type of eastern dagger with a fairly straight thrusting blade.
Dha hmyaung
Alternative spelling of da̱hmjaun, the Burmese word for their dagger.
Bolo
Bolo simply means knife and is usually used to describe a wide range of Philippine single-edged machete-like tools and weapons.
Katar (कटार)
Commonly used name for an Indian push dagger.
Bichaq
In Turkish, bichaq literally means "knife".
Gal-mita pihē
Sinhala term for fancy knives. Literally "stone handled knife".
Execution keris
Often used collector's name for the keris panjang.
Keris panjang
Literally "long keris", a weapon mostly associated with Sumatra and Malaysia.
Vijayanagara katar
A peculiar style of hooded push dagger that originated in South India, under the Vijayanagara empire.
Eunjangdo
Literally "silver knife". Korean knives worn by upper class women in Joseon society.
Ul pihiya (උල් පිහිය)
Sinhala for "sharp knife".
Pihiya (පිහිය)
Sinhala for "knife".
Piha kaetta
Often-used term to describe a group of ornate Sinhalese knives.
Khanjarli
Plural of khanjar, meaning "dagger". Due to a confusion, it became the name of a type of Indian dagger with large lunette pommel.
Pihiya kättha
A Sinhalese chopper-like knife.
Bichuwa
The Bichuwa is an Indian dagger with a looped hilt and recurved blade.
Chilanam
Alternative spelling for chilanum, a South Indian type of dagger.
Khapwa / Kapwah
An Indian type of dagger.
Dozum
A short Bhutanese dagger with a blade that gradually narrows to an acute point.