kukkri

Updated: May 12, 2025

Usually, also, the shorter the weapon is, the more fatal are the conflicts in which it is employed. The old French "Briquet," the Afghan "Charay," and the Goorka "Kukkri," exemplify this fact in the history of arms. In the latter point it differs from the Assegai, which is worked by the Kafirs to the finest temper. It is called by the Arabs Kubabah, by the Somal Goasa.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - First Footsteps in East Africa