लहू-लुहान

Hindi

Etymology

Reduplication of लहू (lahū, “blood”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lə.ɦuː.lʊ.ɦɑːn/, [lɐ.ɦuː.lʊ.ɦä̃ːn]

Adjective

लहू-लुहान • (lahū-luhān) (Urdu spelling لَہو لُہان)

1. ensanguined, smeared with blood
2. bloodstained, bloody

Derived terms

• लहू-लुहान करना (lahū-luhān karnā)
• लहू-लुहान होना (lahū-luhān honā)

 

References

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