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kirpan

small dagger traditionally carried by Sikhs
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kirpan

Summary

kirpan is a weapon type[1]. kirpan has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • kirpan's religion is recorded as Sikhism[3].
  • kirpan's instance of is recorded as weapon type[4].
  • kirpan is a type of dagger[5].
  • kirpan is a type of ceremonial weapon[6].
  • kirpan is part of The Five Ks[7].
  • kirpan's Commons category is recorded as Kirpans[8].
  • kirpan's country of origin is recorded as India[9].

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Personal Life

kirpan's religion is recorded as Sikhism[3].

Why It Matters

kirpan has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kirpan_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{kirpan}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kirpan}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Religion or worldview → Sikhism
    Part of → —
    Instance of → weapon type
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ht, ja */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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