khud

khud

English

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Etymology

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Hindi खड्ड (khaḍḍ)bor.
English khud

    Borrowed from Hindi खड्ड (khaḍḍ).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    khud (plural khuds)

    1. (India) A steep cleft in a hillside; a ravine.
      • 1909, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere. Part I.”, in Under the Deodars (The Works of Rudyard Kipling), Edinburgh de Luxe edition, Boston, Mass.; London: The Edinburgh Society, →OCLC, page 8:
        We are only little bits of dirt on the hillsides—here one day and blown down the khud the next.
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