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janbiya

janbiya is the alternative spelling of jambiya.

Meaning of jambiya

Noun

jambiya (plural jambiyas)

  1. An Arabian (especially Yemeni) dagger with a short curved blade that is worn on a belt.

Forms of janbiya

pluraljanbiyas

Questions about janbiya

What is janbiya the alternative spelling of?
Janbiya is the alternative spelling of jambiya.

Words near janbiya in the dictionary

  1. janapan
  2. janata
  3. janazah
  4. janbia
  5. janbias
  6. janbiya
  7. janbiyah
  8. janbiyahs
  9. janbiyas
  10. Jancourt
  11. Jancourt East

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Adapted from Wiktionary: janbiya (page history and authors); jambiya (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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