кортик

Etymology
Attested early 18th century in correspondence regarding Russia's purchase of weapons from Western Europe. The etymology is ; there are several hypotheses.
 * From the obsolete term, from , ultimately from ; considered this unlikely due to the change from д to т; but compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.
 * Per and, a , a dialectal form of , with the Italian diminutive suffix  mapping to.
 * Per and, a , a dialectal form of , with the Italian diminutive suffix  mapping to.

Noun

 * 1)  dirk