The tajtIq (pronounced roughly as tuch-tick) was a Klingon bladed weapon.
In 2257, L'Rell wielded one as Chancellor. (DIS: "Point of Light")
The name of the tajtIq was not spoken in dialogue. It was revealed by prop master Mario Moreira, who commented, "It is the official weapon of the Klingon Chancellor. It was fashioned from the pommel and blade of a bat'leth." [1]
This word may be derived from the Klingon words taj ("knife") and tIq ("long"), as defined in The Klingon Dictionary by Marc Okrand. In Klingon for the Galactic Traveler, Okrand explains the word tajtIq as "a knife with a particularly long blade that is used almost as though it were a sword".
External links
- tajtIq at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- tajtIq at the Klingon Language Wiki, the Dictionary of Contemporary Klingon