ख़ून

See also: खन्

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خون (xūn), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭭 (xūn). Compare Bengali খুন (khun), Gujarati ખૂન (khūn), Marathi खून (khūn), Punjabi ਖ਼ੂਨ (xūn), Kannada ಖೂನಿ (khūni).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xuːn/, [xũːn], /kʰuːn/, [kʰũːn]
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  • Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

ख़ून • (xūn) m (Urdu spelling خون)

  1. blood
    Synonyms: लहू (lahū), रक्त (rakt), रुधिर (rudhir), लोह (loh), लोहू (lohū), अस्र (asra)
    भेड़िये के मुँह को इंसान का ख़ून लगा है।
    bheṛiye ke mũh ko insān kā xūn lagā hai.
    The wolf has cultivated a taste for human blood.
  2. killing, slaughter, murder
    Synonyms: हत्या (hatyā), क़त्ल (qatla)
    ख़ून कल इसी सड़क पे हुआ था।
    xūn kal isī saṛak pe huā thā.
    The murder happened in this street yesterday.

Declension
Declension of ख़ून (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct ख़ून
xūn		 ख़ून
xūn
oblique ख़ून
xūn		 ख़ूनों
xūnõ
vocative ख़ून
xūn		 ख़ूनो
xūno

Derived terms

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ख़ून”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ख़ून”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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