لہو

• لوہُو (lohū) — rare

First attested in c. 1500. as Middle Hindi لہو (luhū /⁠lhū⁠/) / لوہو (lohū), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅 (lohia), ultimately from Sanskrit लोहित (lṓhita), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lə.ɦuː/

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• Hyphenation: لَ‧ہُو
• Rhymes: -uː

لَہُو • (lahū) m (Hindi spelling लहू)

1. blood

   Synonyms: خُون (xūn), رَکْت (rakt), دم (dam)

2. (figuratively) blood, nature (characteristic or personality etc.)

   Synonyms: فِطْرَت (fiṭrat), سَرِشْت (sariśt), خَمِیر (xamīr)

3. (figuratively) blood, family relationship

• “لہو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لہو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لہو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “لہو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lṓhita”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 650