Hairpin forging
Collector's term for a type of blade forging mostly seen in the Himalayas.
Thur
Tibetan term for their "hairpin forging" of blades.
Gankyil
Tibetan name for a Buddhist symbol consisting of three or four elements in a circle.
Hanshee khukurī (हँसिया खुकुरी)
A commonly used name for an early type of long slender khukurī.
Kothimora khukurī (कोथि मुहुड़ा खुकुरि)
Nepali for a khukurī with an ornamental scabbard.
Astamangala
Tibetan for the Eight Buddhist Treasures
Phaulād (फौलाद्)
Nepali word for wootz, a type of prized crucible steel.
Ispāt (इस्पात्)
Nepali word for steel.
Bhālu kāṭh (भालु काठ)
Nepali word for Chinese Magnolia, the wood used for khukurī handles.
Paṭpaṭe (पट्पटे)
Nepali word for the Chinese magnolia wood used to make khukurī handles.
Sã̄gle buṭṭā (साँगले बुट्टा)
Nepali word that means "ornamentation in chains".
Mākhe buṭṭā (माखे बुट्टा)
Nepali word for a kind of ornamentation consisting of lines of small dots.
Haikale buṭṭā (हैकले बुट्टा)
Nepali word for a kind of ornamentation on a khukri handle, like a succession of hooks
Jire buṭṭā (जिरे बुट्टा)
Nepali word for fluted ornamentation, "like cumin seed".
Belahari (बेलहरि)
Nepali word for scrollwork embroidery.
Belahari buṭṭā (बेलहरि बुट्टा)
Nepali word for scrollwork embroidery on a khukuri scabbard.
Bel-buṭṭā (बेल्-बुट्टा)
Nepali word for scrollwork embroidery on a khukuri scabbard.
Buṭṭā (बुट्टा)
Nepali word for embroidery; braid; filigree work.
Cakmak (चक्मक्)
Nepali word for the small fire striker often carried in the scabbard of a khukurī.
Karda (कर्द)
Nepali word for the small utility knife carried in the scabbard of a khukurī.
Khisā (खिसा)
Nepali word for the purse carried in the scabbard of a khukurī.
Kothi (कोथि)
Nepali for the silver chape on some khukurī.
Dāp (दाप्)
Nepali word for the scabbard of a khukurī.
Kã̄jo (काँजो)
Nepali word for the bolster of a khukuri.
Chirra
Collector's term for the ridges outlining grooves on a khukurī blade.
Cirā चिरा
Nepali term for the ridges outlining grooves on a khukurī blade.
Āṅa khol khukurī (आङ आङ खुकुरी)
A subtype of khukurī that has a single fuller in the main portion of the blade.
Āṅa khukurī (आङ खुकुरी)
A subtype of khukurī that has no fullers in the main portion of the blade.
Tīna cirā khukurī (तीन चिरा खुकुरी)
A subtype of khukurī that has three fullers in the main portion of the blade.
Du'i cirā khukurī (दुइ चिरा खुकुरी)
A subtype of khukurī that has two fullers in the main portion of the blade.
Bĩṛ (बिँड़्)
Nepali word for the handle of a khukuri.
Pāto (पातो)
Nepali word for the "shoulder" of a khukurī blade.
Khol (खोल्)
Nepali for the grooves running the base of a khukuri blade.
Kauro (कौड़ो)
Nepali term for the notch at the base of a khukurī blade.
Dhār (धार्)
Nepali term for the edge of a blade.
Bāṛ (बाड़्)
Nepali term for the blade of a khukurī.
Budhunē khukurī (बुधुने खुकुरी)
A variation of khukri with a short, broad blade.
Khukri (खुक्रि)
The traditional fighting and utility knife of Nepal.
Lòukōng (鏤空)
Chinese term for openwork.
Sirupātē khukurī (सिरुपाते खुकुरी)
A slender form of Nepalese khukurī.
Kukri
Common collector's term for the Nepalese khukuri. Main article: Khukuri
Khukurī (खुकुरी )
A utility and fighting knife associated mainly with the Ghurkas of Nepal.
Eight Buddhist Treasures
A suite of eight auspicious symbols used in Buddhist art.
Me mda' (ཨེ་མདའ་)
Tibetan word for the matchlock musket.
Mda‘ gdong (མད་འ་ག་དོ་ང་)
Tibetan for an open quiver that spreads the arrows out.
Kora
A forward-curved sword that is associated mainly with the Ghurkas of Nepal.
Pa tam (པ་ཏམ་)
Tibetan word for a sword worn at the waist.
Dpa'dam (དཔའ་དམ་)
Tibetan name for their typical dress sword.
Huǒ lián bāo (火䥥包)
A traditional fire-making pouch.