ਖਉਫੁ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَوف (xawf), from Arabic خَوْف (ḵawf).

Noun

ਖਉਫੁ (khauphu) m (Shahmukhi خوف)

  1. fear; fright; terror
    • Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Ravidas, translation by Inni Kaur and Harinder Singh, ang 345:
      ਨਾਂ ਤਸਵੀਸ ਖਿਰਾਜੁ ਨ ਮਾਲੁ ਖਉਫੁ ਨ ਖਤਾ ਨ ਤਰਸੁ ਜਵਾਲੁ
      nāṃ tasavīsa khirāju na mālu khauphu na khatā na tarasu javālu
      No grief, no taxes on commodities. No fear of error, no fear of loss.
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