The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromकृपाण“sword, dagger, sacrificial knife”
- Punjabi · borrowed fromਕਿਰਪਾਨ
- English todaykirpan
Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਿਰਪਾਨ (kirpān), from Sanskrit कृपाण (kṛpāṇa, “sword, dagger, sacrificial knife”), from कल्पयति (kalpáyati, “he orders, apportions, cuts, trims”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.