खेद

See also: ख़ुद, खाद्, and ख़ुदा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit खेद (kheda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰeːd̪/

Noun

खेद • (khed) m (Urdu spelling کھید) (formal)

1. grief, sorrow

   उसको बुरी ख़बर सुनके बहुत खेद हुई।

   usko burī xabar sunke bahut khed huī.

   He felt great grief when he heard the bad news.

2. regret

Declension

Declension of खेद (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खेद khed	खेद khed
oblique	खेद khed	खेदों khedõ
vocative	खेद khed	खेदो khedo

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “खेद”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खेद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খেদ (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬾᬤ (Balinese script)
• খেদ (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰸𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• ခေဒ (Burmese script)
• ખેદ (Gujarati script)
• ਖੇਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑍇𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦺꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂵𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಖೇದ (Kannada script)
• ខេទ (Khmer script)
• ເຂທ (Lao script)
• ഖേദ (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᡝᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘹𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠧᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧚𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐾𑐡 (Newa script)
• ଖେଦ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢾꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆼𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖸𑖟 (Siddham script)
• ඛෙද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩔𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚲𑚛 (Takri script)
• கே²த³ (Tamil script)
• ఖేద (Telugu script)
• เขท (Thai script)
• ཁེ་ད (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒹𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨄𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From खिद् (khid, root) +‎ -अ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐj.dɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰeː.d̪ɐ/

Noun

खेद • (kheda) stem, m

1. lassitude, depression
2. exhaustion, pain, affliction, distress
3. sexual passion

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of खेद (kheda)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खेदः khedaḥ	खेदौ / खेदा¹ khedau / khedā¹	खेदाः / खेदासः¹ khedāḥ / khedāsaḥ¹
Vocative	खेद kheda	खेदौ / खेदा¹ khedau / khedā¹	खेदाः / खेदासः¹ khedāḥ / khedāsaḥ¹
Accusative	खेदम् khedam	खेदौ / खेदा¹ khedau / khedā¹	खेदान् khedān
Instrumental	खेदेन khedena	खेदाभ्याम् khedābhyām	खेदैः / खेदेभिः¹ khedaiḥ / khedebhiḥ¹
Dative	खेदाय khedāya	खेदाभ्याम् khedābhyām	खेदेभ्यः khedebhyaḥ
Ablative	खेदात् khedāt	खेदाभ्याम् khedābhyām	खेदेभ्यः khedebhyaḥ
Genitive	खेदस्य khedasya	खेदयोः khedayoḥ	खेदानाम् khedānām
Locative	खेदे khede	खेदयोः khedayoḥ	खेदेषु khedeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: kheda
• Prakrit: 𑀔𑁂𑀅 (khea)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: खेद (khed)

  Urdu: کھید (khed)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “खेद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 340.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khēda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press