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English translation: Bloodshed, Blood letting

15:00 Oct 15, 2009
Urdu to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Urdu term or phrase: Khun Rezi خوں ریزی
Please provide the translation of خوں ریزی in English
Kamran Nadeem
English translation:Bloodshed, Blood letting
Explanation:
It's a derivative noun from the adjective خوں ریز (marked with bloodshed). So the meaning is self-explanatory.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-15 17:11:56 GMT)
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Carnage and bloodbath are also two other synonyms as suggested by my colleague.
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Quamrul Islam
Local time: 07:26
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4Bloodshed, Blood letting
Quamrul Islam
5 +2Carnage, Bloodbath, Blood shedding
Irshad Muhammad
5 +1butchery, bloodshed
Basit Ijaz


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Carnage, Bloodbath, Blood shedding


Explanation:
No need of explanation.

Irshad Muhammad
Pakistan
Local time: 06:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramesh Bhatt
19 mins
agree  Quamrul Islam: Thanks for many other synonyms!
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
butchery, bloodshed


Explanation:
My humble opinion.

Basit Ijaz
Pakistan
Local time: 06:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Urdu

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agree  MIlyas: Agree
21 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Bloodshed, Blood letting


Explanation:
It's a derivative noun from the adjective خوں ریز (marked with bloodshed). So the meaning is self-explanatory.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-15 17:11:56 GMT)
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Carnage and bloodbath are also two other synonyms as suggested by my colleague.


    Reference: http://www.crulp.org/oud/default.aspx
Quamrul Islam
Local time: 07:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Asad Hussain: Blood Sheding: A violence in which people are killed or wounded in mass
10 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Qudsia Lone: Blood letting has different conotations that pertain to medicine. "Bloodshed" is an apt description of this term.
12 mins
  -> Thanks very much!
agree  Ramesh Bhatt
25 mins
  -> Thanks Ramesh jee !
agree  Md Abu Alam
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Mr Alam!
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