খুন

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Bengali

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خون (xūn, blood), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭬𐭩𐭠 (dmyʾ /⁠xōn⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wahūnī. Cognate with Hindustani خُون (xūn) / ख़ून (xūn), Gujarati ખૂન (khūn), Marathi खून (khūn), Punjabi ਖ਼ੂਨ (xūn), Kannada ಖೂನಿ (khūni).

Adjective

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

  1. (figurative) worried, troubled (to death)
    কান্দিয়া কান্দিয়া খুন
    kandiẏa kandiẏa khun
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Noun

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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