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Persian
Etymology
From خون (xun, “blood”) + بها (bahâ, “price”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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xūnbahā
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| Dari reading?
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xūnbahā
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| Iranian reading?
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xunbahâ
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| Tajik reading?
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xunbaho
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Noun
خونبها • (xun-bahâ)
- price of a person's life; (specifically) blood money, wergeld (monetary compensation to the family of a murder victim)
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی , volume I, verse 192:اسب تازی برنشست و شاد تاخت
خونبهای خویش را خلعت شناخت- asb-i tāzī barnišast u šād tāxt
xūnbahā-yi xwēš rā xal'at šināxt - He mounted an Arab horse and sped on joyously: the price of his blood, he deemed a robe of honour.