Khanjali

A khanjali (Adyghe: Къамэ or Сэ, Georgian: ხანჯალი (khanjali) or სატევარი (sat'evari), Azerbaijani: xəncər (khanjar), Armenian: Խանչալ (khanchal); or kinzhal when transliterating Russian: кинжал) is a dagger, often with a single off-set groove on each face of the blade. The shape of the weapon is similar to that of the ancient Roman gladius, the Scottish dirk and the ancient Greek xiphos. Inhabitants of Caucasus have used the khanjali as a secondary weapon since ancient times.

Such daggers and their scabbards are usually highly engraved with gold or silver designs, and sometimes include embedded gemstones. The scabbard will generally feature a ball point extension on the tip, and the handle is usually made of materials such as wood or ivory.

The 19th-century Russian poets Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov both addressed celebrated poems to this weapon.