ख़ून-ख़राबा

Hindi

Etymology

Dvandva compound of ख़ून (xūn, “murder; blood”) +‎ ख़राबा (xarābā, “ruin”).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xuːn.xə.ɾɑː.bɑː/, [xũːn.xɐ.ɾäː.bäː], /kʰuːn.kʰə.ɾɑː.bɑː/, [kʰũːn.kʰɐ.ɾäː.bäː]

Noun

ख़ून-ख़राबा • (xūn-xarābā) m

  1. bloodshed, violence
    Synonym: ख़ून-क़त्ल (xūn-qatla)

Declension
Declension of ख़ून-ख़राबा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct ख़ून-ख़राबा
xūn-xarābā		 ख़ून-ख़राबे
xūn-xarābe
oblique ख़ून-ख़राबे
xūn-xarābe		 ख़ून-ख़राबों
xūn-xarābõ
vocative ख़ून-ख़राबे
xūn-xarābe		 ख़ून-ख़राबो
xūn-xarābo

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “khun”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Hardev Bahri (2013) “ख़ून-ख़राबा”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
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