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Example sentences for: kirpan

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Dhoni or doni `fishing or coastal trading vessel,' for example, may have entered English from Hindi, Marathi, Kanarese (or Canarese), or Telugu; dinghy `small boat' from Hindi or Bengali; kathiawari `breed of horses' from Hindi or Gujurati; khuskhus `aromatic grass, vetiver' from Hindi or Persian; kirpan `Sikh dagger' from Hindi or Punjabi; and nagkasser or nagkesar `tree'.
They all took the surname Singh, meaning “Lion” (all Sikhs are named Singh, but not all Singhs are Sikhs), and wore a turban and kept the five K’s: kesha (uncut hair and beard), kanga (comb for their hair), kara (steel bracelet), kachha (soldier’s shorts), and kirpan (dagger).