Khyber knife
The English name for the peculiar slashing weapon used around the Khyber pass.
Jūmonji yari (十文字槍)
Japanese word for a cross shaped spear
Zhūgénǔ (诸葛弩) or "cho-ku-nu"
Chinese word for a repeating crossbow
Hǔyádāo (虎牙刀), "tiger tooth sword"
Mandarin name of a Chinese-edged weapon with a 1:1 hilt-blade ratio.
Tarah-i-khāra (तरह इ खर)
Hindu name for a heavy type of heavy bodkin
Sipar (سپر/सीपर)
Persian word for shield.
Ntugalu
Kachin name for a long straight sword.
Mainsa dha
Term coined by Bell in 1907, describing a dha that by then was mainly of Chinese make.
Hachiwari (鉢割)
Language: Japanese
Origin: Old literature
Parang latok
A peculiar land Dayak sword with a sharp bend in the blade.
Waitsum
Language: Khasi
Source: In common use
Si euli / Si oli
A type of knife from the North of Nias.
Hinālung
Ifugao word for a double-edged knife or shortsword with a socket hilt.
Gari matuwà
South Nias word for a specific type of sword.
Kuttom-ushbe
Ainu word for a long knife worn in the belt.
Emushi
Ainu word for sword
Makiri
Ainu word for a knife.
Moplah (sword)
Sword of the Mapilla Muslims of the Malabar Coast, South India.
Yari (槍)
Japanese word for spear or spearhead
Milam
A peculiar double-edged sword of the Garo people.
Yanthang
Lotha Naga word for a group of large obsolete dao used in ceremonies.
Noklang
Ao Naga word for a number of large, archaic swords used in ceremonies.
Khasi dao
A peculiar type of two-handed sword from the Khasi Hills, Assam.
Piso raout
A small utility knife used on the island of Borneo. Often carried with the Dayak mandau.
Taiaha / Hani
Maori two-handed club
Uchigatana (打刀)
Japanese word for a single-handed curved sword, the predecessor of the katana.
Neyze (نیزه )
Persian word for spear/lance.
Lìngjiàn (令箭) or "Command Arrow"
A special arrow used to prove one's authority.
Tepus
A variety of Dayak blowgun dart.
Damek
Dayak name for a blowgun dart
Sumpitan
Malay name for the Dayak blowgun.
Súng hỏa mai
Vietnamese word for matchlock musket.
Paṭṭiśaḥ (पट्टिश)
Language: Sanskrit
Origin: Dhanurveda of circa 1100-800 B.C.
Māḍū (माडू) (Márú / Maduvu)
Marathi word for a parrying weapon consisting of two antelope horns.
Parang beladeh / parang belabang
A curved saber from the southern part of the island of Borneo.
Duku apang
Iban (Sea Dayak) word for parang ilang, a.k.a. mandau, the Borneo headhunter's sword.
Duku
Iban (Sea Dayak) word for sword.
Jamdhar doulicaneh
A double-pointed push dagger.
Suàntóu gūduǒ (蒜頭骨朵)
Literally "garlic mace", the name of a mace with a bulbous head.
Duǎnjiàn (短劍)
The Chinese word for a short straightsword.
Lohar, Lor (لور), lawa-āor (لواور )
Pashto word for sickle.
Kalasan
A type of Batak sword
Kay-yan
A type of javelin used by the Igorot headhunters of Luzon.
Sinalawitan
A type of multi-barbed javelin used by the Igorot of Luzon.
Falfeg
An Igorot barbed war javelin.
Fang-kao
An Igorot javelin type with a wide, barbless head.
Pakayun
Commonly used name for the sword of the Muruts, headhunters of northern Borneo.
Peudeueng
An Acehnese type of saber
Firaṅgī (फिरंगी)
Literally "foreigner", Hindi term for a European sword mounted in Indian hilt.