ख़ून करना (khoon karnaa)
verb
A verb phrase meaning 'to murder, to kill' -- literally 'to do blood.' Built from ख़ून (khoon, 'blood/murder') plus करना (karnaa, 'to do').
Sense
1
:
to murder, to kill (someone)
verb, transitive Takes the person killed marked with का (kaa) or की (kii) as part of a possessive-style object phrase -- ख़ून करना (khoon karnaa) pairs with X का (kaa) ख़ून करना (khoon karnaa, 'to murder X'), not a plain accusative object.
Synonyms: क़त्ल करना (qatl karnaa), हत्या करना (hatyaa karnaa, formal/written), मार डालना (maar daalnaa, less formal, 'to kill/do away with')
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This phrase is everywhere in Hindi crime dramas and newspaper headlines -- ख़ून (khoon, 'blood') stands in for the act of murder itself, much like English 'bloodshed' evokes violence. You'll often hear it paired with the compound verb form ख़ून कर दिया (khoon kar diyaa) using दे (de) to mark the finality and suddenness of the act -- a classic use of the completive compound verb construction.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to mark the victim directly with को (ko) as if ख़ून करना (khoon karnaa) worked like a normal transitive verb with a direct object -- instead the victim is expressed with का/की (kaa/kii) before ख़ून (khoon), e.g. उसका ख़ून कर दिया (uskaa khoon kar diyaa, 'he killed him'), literally 'did his blood.' 2) Don't confuse this with ख़ून बहाना (khoon bahaanaa, 'to shed blood'), which describes violence or bloodshed more broadly, not necessarily a completed killing.
Sample Sentences:
उसने अपने पड़ोसी का ख़ून कर दिया।
He murdered his neighbor.
(usne apne padosii kaa khoon kar diyaa।)
पुलिस को शक है कि उसने अपनी पत्नी का ख़ून किया है।
The police suspect that he murdered his wife.
(pulis ko shak hai ki usne apnii patnii kaa khoon kiyaa hai।)
अगर वह वहाँ नहीं होता, तो शायद उसका भी ख़ून कर दिया जाता।
If he hadn't been there, maybe he would have been murdered too.
(agar vah vahaan nahiin hotaa, to shaayad uskaa bhii khoon kar diyaa jaataa।)
मत सोचो कि तुम मेरा ख़ून करके बच जाओगे।
Don't think you'll murder me and get away with it.
(mat socho ki tum meraa khoon karke bach jaaoge।)
अख़बार में लिखा था कि हत्यारे ने पहले भी दो लोगों का ख़ून किया था।
The newspaper wrote that the murderer had killed two other people before.
(akhbaar men likhaa thaa ki hatyaare ne pahle bhii do logon kaa khoon kiyaa thaa।)
गाँव वाले डर गए थे कि कोई उनका भी ख़ून कर देगा।
The villagers had grown afraid that someone might murder them too.
(gaanv vaale dar gae the ki koii unkaa bhii khoon kar degaa।)
क्या तुम सच में किसी का ख़ून कर सकते हो?
Could you really murder someone?
(kyaa tum sach men kisii kaa khoon kar sakte ho?)
अदालत ने माना कि आरोपी ने जानबूझकर उस आदमी का ख़ून किया था।
The court accepted that the accused had deliberately murdered the man.
(adaalat ne maanaa ki aaropii ne jaanboojhkar us aadmii kaa khoon kiyaa thaa।)
जिस रात उसका ख़ून हुआ, पूरा शहर सहम गया।
The night he was murdered, the whole city was shaken.
(jis raat uskaa khoon huaa, pooraa shahar saham gayaa।)
काश वह ग़ुस्से में उसका ख़ून न करता।
If only he hadn't murdered him in a fit of rage.
(kaash vah ghusse men uskaa khoon n kartaa।)
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive:
ख़ून करना
(khoon karnaa)
infinitive oblique:
ख़ून करने
(khoon karne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
ख़ून करता
(khoon kartaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
ख़ून करते
(khoon karte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
ख़ून करती
(khoon kartii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
ख़ून करतीं
(khoon kartiin)
continuous (sg.m):
ख़ून कर रहा
(khoon kar rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
ख़ून कर रहे
(khoon kar rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
ख़ून कर रही
(khoon kar rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
ख़ून कर रहीं
(khoon kar rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
ख़ून किया
(khoon kiyaa)
perfective (pl.m):
ख़ून किए
(khoon kie)
perfective (sg.f):
ख़ून की
(khoon kii)
perfective (pl.f):
ख़ून कीं
(khoon kiin)
imperative (informal):
ख़ून कर
(khoon kar)
imperative (neutral):
ख़ून करो
(khoon karo)
imperative (formal):
ख़ून कीजिए
(khoon kiijie)
future (1sg.m):
ख़ून करूँगा
(khoon karoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
ख़ून करूँगी
(khoon karoongii)
future (1pl.m):
ख़ून करेंगे
(khoon karenge)
future (1pl.f):
ख़ून करेंगी
(khoon karengii)
future (2sg.m):
ख़ून करेगा
(khoon karegaa)
future (2sg.f):
ख़ून करेगी
(khoon karegii)
future (2pl.m):
ख़ून करोगे
(khoon karoge)
future (2pl.f):
ख़ून करोगी
(khoon karogii)
future (3sg.m):
ख़ून करेगा
(khoon karegaa)
future (3sg.f):
ख़ून करेगी
(khoon karegii)
future (3pl.m):
ख़ून करेंगे
(khoon karenge)
future (3pl.f):
ख़ून करेंगी
(khoon karengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
ख़ून करूँ
(khoon karoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
ख़ून करें
(khoon karen)
subjunctive (2sg):
ख़ून करे
(khoon kare)
subjunctive (2pl):
ख़ून करो
(khoon karo)
subjunctive (3sg):
ख़ून करे
(khoon kare)
subjunctive (3pl):
ख़ून करें
(khoon karen)