Etymology

Khunjerab Pass

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The story

Partial calque of Wakhi درہ خنجراب (literally “waterfall house valley”), from دره (“valley; crack; fissure”) + خون (“house”) + جراب (“creek coming from a spring or a waterfall”), or, 'Valley of Blood'.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.