# dagger
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdæɡə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈdæɡəɹ/
* Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: dag‧ger

### Etymology 1

From Middle English daggere, daggare, dagard, probably adapted from Old French dague (1229), related to Occitan, Italian, Spanish daga, Dutch dagge, German Degen, Middle Low German dagge (“knife's point”), Old Norse daggarðr, Danish daggert, Faroese daggari, Welsh dager, dagr, Breton dac, Albanian thikë (“a knife, dagger”), thek (“to stab, to pierce with a sharp object”).
In English attested from the 1380s. The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. Grimm suspects Celtic origin. Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin *daca "Dacian [knife]", from the Latin adjective dācus. Chastelain (Dictionaire etymologique, 1750) thought that French dague was a derivation from German dagge, dagen, although not attested until a much later date).
The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) uses daca in his Philippide. Other Middle Latin forms include daga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga; the forms with -r- are late 14th century adoptions of the English word). OED points out that there is also an English verb dag (“to stab”) from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400.
Relation to Old Armenian դակու (daku, “adze, axe”) has also been suggested. Alternatively, a connection from Proto-Indo-European *dʰāg-u- and cognate with Ancient Greek θήγω (thḗgō, “to sharpen, whet”).

#### Noun

dagger (plural daggers)
* (weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
** 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34:The dagger, under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.
* (typography) The text character †; the obelus.
* (basketball, American football) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.
    His last-minute 3-point dagger silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come up big in big moments.

##### Synonyms

* (stabbing weapon): dirk, knife
* (text character): obelisk, obelus
* (anything that causes pain like a dagger) barb

##### Derived terms

* at daggers drawn
* bedaggered
* bollock dagger
* Bridport dagger
* bull-dagger
* cloak-and-dagger
* dagger-axe
* dagger board
* daggerboard
* daggerless
* daggerlike
* daggerman
* dagger moth
* dagger of lath
* daggerpoint
* daggerproof
* dagger-sharp
* daggertooth
* double dagger
* ear dagger
* kidney dagger
* Liaoning bronze dagger culture
* look daggers
* microdagger
* mutton dagger
* parrying dagger
* punch dagger
* push dagger
* Quine dagger
* Spanish dagger
* speak daggers
* stab yourself and pass the dagger
* stare daggers
* Swiss dagger

##### Translations

Adyghe: къамэ (qamɛ)
Albanian: kamë (sq) f
Amharic: ጩቤ (č̣ube), ሾተል (šotäl)
Arabic: خَنْجَر m (ḵanjar)
Egyptian Arabic: خَنْجَر m (ḵangar)
Hijazi Arabic: خَنْجَر m (ḵanjar)
Armenian: դաշույն (hy) (dašuyn), խանչալ (hy) (xančʻal) (Arabian dagger)
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Avar: ханжар (xanžar)
Azerbaijani: xəncər (az)
Basque: sastagai
Belarusian: кінжа́л m (kinžál), ханджа́р m (xandžár) (Arabian dagger)
Bengali: ছোরা (bn) (chōra), খঞ্জর (bn) (khonjor)
Bulgarian: кама́ (bg) f (kamá), кинжа́л (bg) m (kinžál), ханджа́р m (handžár) (Arabian dagger)
Burmese: ဓားမြှောင် (my) (dha:hmraung)
Catalan: daga (ca) f, punyal (ca) m
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chechen: шаьлта (šälta)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 短劍 / 短剑 (zh) (duǎnjiàn), 匕首 (zh) (bǐshǒu), 短刀 (zh) (duǎndāo)
Crimean Tatar: hancer, qancer, qama
Czech: dýka (cs) f
Danish: dolk c
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: dolk (nl) m
Egyptian: (bꜣgsw)
Esperanto: ponardo
Estonian: pistoda, tääk (et) (bayonet), pister (slang)
Faroese: slíðraknívur m, dolkur m, daggari m
Fataluku: pace
Finnish: tikari (fi)
French: poignard (fr) m, kandjar (fr) m (Arabian dagger)
Friulian: pugnâl
Georgian: ხანჯალი (ka) (xanǯali), დაშნა (ka) (dašna), სატევარი (ka) (saṭevari)
German: Dolch (de) m
Greek: στιλέτο (el) n (stiléto), εγχειρίδιο (el) n (encheirídio), ξιφίδιο (el) n (xifídio)
Ancient: ξιφίδιον n (xiphídion), ἐγχειρίδιον n (enkheirídion)
Hebrew: פִּגְיוֹן (he) m (pigyón)
Hindi: छुरा (hi) m (churā), छुरी (hi) f (churī), ख़ंजर m (xañjar), खंजर (hi) m (khañjar), क्षुरी (hi) f (kṣurī), क्षुर (hi) m (kṣur), क्षौरी f (kṣaurī), कटार (hi) m (kaṭār), कटारी (hi) f (kaṭārī), छुरिका (hi) f (churikā), असि (hi) f (asi)
Hungarian: tőr (hu)
Icelandic: rýtingur (is) m
Ido: poniardo (io)
Indonesian: belati (id), khanjar (id)
Ingush: шалта (šalta)
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Irish: miodóg f
Italian: daga (it) f, pugnale (it) m, stiletto (it) m
Japanese: 短剣 (ja) (たんけん, tanken), 短刀 (ja) (たんとう, tantō)
Javanese: glathi (jv)
Kabardian: къамэ (kbd) (qamɛ)
Kalmyk: ханҗал (xanjal)
Kannada: ಬಾಕು (kn) (bāku)
Kazakh: қанжар (qanjar)
Khmer: កាំបិតស្នៀត (kambət sniət), ក្រឹស (km) (krəh)
Korean: 단검(短劍) (ko) (dan'geom), 회검(懷劍) (hoegeom)
Kumyk: хынжал (xınjal)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەبان (deban), خەنجەر (xencer)
Northern Kurdish: xencer (ku)
Kyrgyz: канжар (ky) (kanjar)
Lao: ມີດຊຸຍ (mīt suy)
Latgalian: tutyns m, mylyns m
Latin: pūgiō m, sīca f
Latvian: duncis m
Lithuanian: durklas m
Macedonian: бо́деж m (bódež), ка́ма f (káma), а́нџар m (ándžar) (Arabian dagger)
Maguindanao: sundang
Malay: belati, khanjar, kanjar, badik, badek, keris (ms) (kris)
Malayalam: കഠാര (ml) (kaṭhāra)
Maori: oka
Maranao: gonong, gorok
Marathi: चाकू m (cākū), सुरा (mr) m (surā), खंजीर f (khañjīr), कट्यार f (kaṭyār)
Minangkabau: gorok
Mon: ၜုန်ပညံၚ် (mnw)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чинжаал (mn) (činžaal)
Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠨᠵᠠᠯ (činǰal)
Nogai: кынжал (kınjal)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dolk (no) m
Ossetian: къама (k’ama), хъама (qama)
Ottoman Turkish: خنجر (hancer), دشنه (deşne) (with a curved blade); قامه (kama) (with a straight blade)
Pali: churikā f
Pashto: خنجر (ps) m (xanjar)
Persian: خنجر (fa) (xanjar), دشنه (fa) (dašne)
Polish: sztylet (pl) m, kindżał (pl) m
Portuguese: adaga (pt) f, punhal (pt) m
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: pumnal (ro) n, jungher (ro) n, stilet (ro) n, șiș (ro) n
Russian: кинжа́л (ru) m (kinžál), стиле́т (ru) m (stilét) (stiletto), ко́ртик (ru) m (kórtik) (dirk), дирк (ru) m (dirk) (dirk), ханджа́р (ru) m (xandžár) (Arabian dagger)
Scottish Gaelic: biodag f, cuinnsear m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бо́деж m, ка̏ма f, ха̀нџа̄р m (Arabian dagger)
Roman: bódež (sh) m, kȁma (sh) f, hàndžār (sh) m (Arabian dagger)
Slovak: dýka (sk) f
Slovene: bodež m
Southern Altai: канјыл (kanǰïl)
Spanish: daga (es) f, puñal (es) m
Swahili: jambia
Swedish: dolk (sv) c
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: punyal, balaraw, patalim, daga (tl)
Tajik: ханҷар (tg) (xanjar), дашна (dašna)
Tatar: хәнҗәр (tt) (xäncär)
Tetum: badi
Thai: กริช (th) (grìt)
Tigrinya: ሽነት (šənät)
Turkish: hançer (tr), kama (tr)
Turkmen: hancar, gylyç
Ukrainian: кинджа́л (uk) m (kyndžál), ханджа́р m (xandžár) (Arabian dagger)
Urdu: خَنْجَر m (xanjar), دَشْنہ m (daśnā), چھری f (churī)
Uyghur: خەنجەر (xenjer)
Uzbek: xanjar (uz)
Vietnamese: dao găm (vi)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: dagr m, bidogan f
Yakut: кынчаал (kıncaal)
Yiddish: דאַגער m (dager)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can :
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##### See also

* poniard
* rondel
* stiletto

#### Verb

dagger (third-person singular simple present daggers, present participle daggering, simple past and past participle daggered)
* To pierce with a dagger; to stab.
* (Jamaica) To perform the daggering dance.

### Etymology 2

Perhaps from diagonal.

#### Noun

dagger (plural daggers)
* A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
** 1812, David Steel, The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture:DAGGER. A piece of timber that faces on to the poppets of the bilgeways, and crosses them diagonally , to keep them together

### References

* ↑ Grimm
* ↑ Dacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* ↑ http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/DAGGER
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 232

### Anagrams

* dragge, ragged