ख़ून

See also: खन्

Hindi

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Iranian *wahūnīder.

Classical Persian خُون (xūn)bor.

Hindi ख़ून

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُون (xūn). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi خون (xvn /⁠xūn⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /xuːn/, [xũːn], /kʰuːn/, [kʰũːn]

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

ख़ून • (xūn) m (Urdu spelling خون)

1. 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.

2. 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

• ख़ून करना (xūn karnā)
• ख़ून का बदला ख़ून (xūn kā badlā xūn)
• ख़ून पीना (xūn pīnā)
• ख़ून सूखना (xūn sūkhnā)
• ख़ून-ख़राबा (xūn-xarābā)
• ख़ूनी (xūnī)

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.