khud

English

Alternative forms

• khad, khadd, khudd

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi खड्ड (khaḍḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kʌd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

khud (plural khuds)

1. (India) A steep cleft in a hillside; a ravine.
   • 1909, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere. Part I.”, in Under the Deodars (The Works of Rudyard Kipling), Edinburgh de Luxe edition, Boston, Mass., London: The Edinburgh Society, →OCLC, page 8:

     We are only little bits of dirt on the hillsides—here one day and blown down the khud the next.