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Persian
Etymology
From خاک (xâk, “earth”) + ـسار (-sâr).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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xāksār
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| Dari reading?
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xāksār
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| Iranian reading?
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xâksâr
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| Tajik reading?
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xoksor
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Adjective
خاکسار • (xâksâr)
- humbled, abject
c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 128:با که راز خویشتن گوییم کز کوی حبیب
خاکساران بلا را همدمی جز باد نیست- bā ki rāz-i xwēštan gōyēm k-az kō-yi habīb
xāksārān-i balā rā hamdamē juz bād nēst - To whom shall we tell our secret? From the beloved's alley
Those humbled by disaster have no confidant except for the wind.
- (literally) covered in dust
Further reading
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خاکْسار (xāksār, literally “earth-like”), equivalent to خاک (xāk) + سار (sār).
Pronunciation
Noun
خاکْسار • (xāksār) m (Hindi spelling ख़ाकसार)
- (formal) I/me, humble, humbly referring to oneself
References
- “خاکسار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خاک٘سار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.