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khud

UK /kʌd/noun

khud is a noun meaning “A steep cleft in a hillside; a ravine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-H-U-D, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of khud is khuds.

What does khud mean?

noun

  1. 1

    IndiaA steep cleft in a hillside; a ravine.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce khud?

  • UK /kʌd/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of khud

  • khuds plural
  • khad
  • khadd
  • khudd

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is khud?

Khud appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does khud come from?

Borrowed from Hindi खड्ड (khaḍḍ).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).