ख़ौफ़
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian خوف (xouf), from Arabic خَوْف (ḵawf).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɔːf/, /xɔːf/
Noun
ख़ौफ़ • (xauf) m (Urdu spelling خوف)
- fear
- Munir Niazi, आ गई याद शाम ढलते ही
- ख़ौफ़ आता है अपने ही घर से
माह-ए-शब-ताब के निकलते ही- xauf ātā hai apne hī ghar se
māh-e-śab-tāb ke nikalte hī - I feel fear in my very own home
just as the illumination-of-night flees
- xauf ātā hai apne hī ghar se
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ख़ौफ़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 243
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