ख़ून-ख़राबा

Hindi

Etymology

Dvandva compound of ख़ून (xūn, “murder; blood”) +‎ ख़राबा (xarābā, “ruin”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xuːn.xə.ɾɑː.bɑː/, [xũːn.xɐ.ɾäː.bäː], /kʰuːn.kʰə.ɾɑː.bɑː/, [kʰũːn.kʰɐ.ɾäː.bäː]

Noun

ख़ून-ख़राबा • (xūn-xarābā) m

bloodshed, violence
Synonym: ख़ून-क़त्ल (xūn-qatla)

Declension

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References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “khun”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Hardev Bahri (2013), “ख़ून-ख़राबा”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश, Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

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