Note 450 — TALE OF NÚR AL-DÍN ALÍ & HIS SON BADR AL-DÍN HASAN
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. "Khanjar" from the Persian, a syn. with the Arab. "Jambiyah." It is noticed in my Pilgrimage iii., pp. 72, 75. To "silver the dagger," means to become a rich man. From "Khanjar," not from its fringed loop or strap, I derive our silly word "hanger." Dr. Steingass would connect it with Germ. Fänger, e.g., Hirschfänger.