ख़ून

See also: खन्

Hindi

Alternative forms

खून (khūn) — nuqtaless
ख़ूँ (xū̃), ख़ूं (xū̃), खूँ (khū̃), खूं (khū̃) — poetic, rare

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /xuːn/, [xũːn], /kʰuːn/, [kʰũːn]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

ख़ून • (xūn) m (Urdu spelling خون)

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.
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.