ख़ौफ़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xawf), from Arabic خَوْف (ḵawf).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɔːf/, /kʰɔːpʰ/

Noun

ख़ौफ़ • (xauf) m (Urdu spelling خوف)

fear
Synonyms: भय (bhay), डर (ḍar)
- 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

Declension

Declension of ख़ौफ़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ौफ़ xauf	ख़ौफ़ xauf
oblique	ख़ौफ़ xauf	ख़ौफ़ों xaufõ
vocative	ख़ौफ़ xauf	ख़ौफ़ो xaufo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ौफ़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 243

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