খুন

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Bengali[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian خون (xūn, blood), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭬𐭩𐭠 (dmyʾ /⁠xōn⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wahūnī. Compare Hindustani خُون / ख़ून (xūn).

Adjective[edit]

খুন (khun) (comparative আরও খুন, superlative সবচেয়ে খুন)

  1. (figurative) worried, troubled (to death)
    কান্দিয়া কান্দিয়া খুন
    kandiẏa kandiẏa khun
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun[edit]

খুন (khun)

  1. murder, bloodshed
    খস্রুকে খুন সেই করায়েছে-তারি কাজ নিশ্চয়
    khosruke khun śei koraẏeche-tari kaj niścoẏ
    He has orchestrated the murder of Khosrow - it is surely his work
    - Mohitlal Majumdar
  2. (rare) blood

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