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kurban — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • homicide noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
  • offering noun Something given, presented, or put up for consideration, especially as a gift, contribution, or for sale.
  • sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
  • victim noun A person who is harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, disease, or other misfortune.

Senses

kurban is used for these senses in English:

  • corban An offering to God, especially in fulfilment of a vow.
  • homicide (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
  • offering That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
  • sacrifice A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.

homicide — full definition

  1. noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
  2. noun The police division that investigates killings.

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