jambiya

She narrowly escaped with her life last year when a female would-be assassin attempted to stab her with a traditional dagger known as a jambiya.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

The only weapon he carried was his jambiya, the traditional Yemeni dagger that dangled from his waistband.

The Reeducation of Abu Jandal 2009

Was in Port Sudan lately and bought a nice old Beja throwing stick, some kaskara, a shield, jambiya and a staff or knobkerrie.

Sudanese Throwing Sticks legatus hedlius 2008

Ruha let her hand drop to her jambiya, both angered by the fool's lechery and frightened she would have to slay him to save her honor.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

The princess slipped the jambiya into her sash, then took several moments to straighten her hair and collect herself.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

Ruha did not hesitate; she swung her arm up backward and drove the tip of her jambiya deep into the impostor's torso.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

Wei Dao allowed two of Hsieh's men to help her into the room, then pulled Ruha's jambiya from her sash and pointed the curved blade at the witch.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

Ruha searched for Wei Dao's form at the head of the column, weighing the wisdom of wading through the tangle of bodies to retrieve her late husband's jambiya from the princess.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

Without realizing she had raised them, the witch found her hands clamped over her pulsing ears, the hilt other dead husband's jambiya pressed against her temple.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

Godfrey peered over the half-orc's shoulder, then motioned to Ruha's jambiya.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996