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kirpan

small dagger traditionally carried by Sikhs
Class type of: dagger, ceremonial weapon Q2573926

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
weapon type
Religion or worldview
Sikhism[2]
Subclass of
dagger, ceremonial weapon[3][4]
Part of
The Five Ks[5]
Country of origin
India[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en kirpan en kripan ar كربان es Kirpan es Kirpán fa کیرپان he קירפאן hi कृपाण ja キルパーン ja キルパン ru Кирпан zh 克里庞 zh 锡克弯刀 zh 锡克教短剑 zh-hant 錫克彎刀
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kirpan small.JPG ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/kirpan
Freebase ID
/m/05v57s
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
kirpans
Quora topic ID
Kirpan
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
03624259-n

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 2
dagger, ceremonial weapon
Belongs to 1
The Five Ks
Country of origin 1
India
Part of 1
The Five Ks
Religion or worldview 1
Sikhism
← Depicts 1
khanda
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Summary

kirpan is a weapon type[1].

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India

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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