ख़ून-आशाम

Hindi

Alternative forms

• खून-आशाम (khūn-āśām)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خون‌آشام (xūn-āšām). By surface analysis, ख़ून (xūn) +‎ -आशाम (-āśām).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xuːn.ɑː.ʃɑːm/, [xũːn.äː.ʃä̃ːm], /kʰuːn.ɑː.ʃɑːm/, [kʰũːn.äː.ʃä̃ːm]

Noun

ख़ून-आशाम • (xūn-āśām) m (Urdu spelling خون آشام)

1. blood drinker, bloodsucker

Adjective

ख़ून-आशाम • (xūn-āśām) (Urdu spelling خون آشام)

1. bloodthirsty
2. sanguinary
   • 1966, Vālmīki Tripāṭhī, Jaya-vijaya‎^[1]:

     ...चंगेज खाँ की नजर अगर हुजूर की खून-आशाम तलवार पर पड़ जाती तो कदमों में हथियार डाल नाक रगड़ता नजर आता।

     ...caṅgej khā̃ kī najar agar hujūr kī khūn-āśām talvār par paṛ jātī to kadmõ mẽ hathiyār ḍāl nāk ragaṛtā najar ātā.

     ...if Genghis Khan had got glimpse of the sanguinary sword of Lord, then he would have been visible as rubbing [his] nose with weapons put in [lord's] feet.