ख़ून-ख़राबा

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ख़ून-ख़राबा • (xūn-xarābā) m

1. bloodshed, violence

   Synonym: ख़ून-क़त्ल (xūn-qatla)

Declension

Declension of ख़ून-ख़राबा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ून-ख़राबा xūn-xarābā	ख़ून-ख़राबे xūn-xarābe
oblique	ख़ून-ख़राबे xūn-xarābe	ख़ून-ख़राबों xūn-xarābõ
vocative	ख़ून-ख़राबे xūn-xarābe	ख़ून-ख़राबो xūn-xarābo

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 [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN