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Hindi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خاک (xāk).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xɑːk/, , /kʰɑːk/,
Noun
ख़ाक • (xāk) f (Urdu spelling خاک)
- dust, ashes
ख़ाक मेरी आँखें में घुस गई।- xāk merī ā̃khẽ mẽ ghus gaī.
- The dust got into my eyes.
- (figuratively, attributive) useless, of no use
after 1824,
Ghalib 87.1:
- आबरू क्या ख़ाक उस गुल की कि गुलशन में नहीं
है गरेबाँ नंग-ए-पैराहन जो दामन में नहीं- ābrū kyā xāk us gul kī ki gulśana mẽ nahī̃
hai garebā̃ naṅg-e-pairāhan jo dāman mẽ nahī̃ - What uselessness is the honor of the rose that is not in the garden
the collar is a shame to the robe if it is not in the hem
Declension
Declension of ख़ाक (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ख़ाक
xāk
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ख़ाकें
xākẽ
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| oblique
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ख़ाक
xāk
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ख़ाकों
xākõ
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| vocative
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ख़ाक
xāk
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ख़ाको
xāko
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