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khukuri

khukuri is the alternative spelling of kukri.

Meaning of kukri

Noun

kukri (plural kukris)

  1. A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme.
    • In the later part of the Second World War it was customary in the French army to vaunt the ferocity of ‘their’ Algerian Tirailleurs against the Germans, much as the British took pride in the deeds performed by the Gurkhas with their terrible kukris.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 171
    Synonyms:
    Gurkha knife

Forms of khukuri

pluralkhukuris

Questions about khukuri

What is khukuri the alternative spelling of?
Khukuri is the alternative spelling of kukri.

Words near khukuri in the dictionary

  1. Khufi
  2. Khufu
  3. Khujand
  4. Khujutipara
  5. Khukhrain
  6. khukuri
  7. khukuris
  8. khula
  9. khulan
  10. khulans
  11. khuleef

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