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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian .
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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xākistar
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| Dari reading?
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xākistar
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| Iranian reading?
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xâkestar
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| Tajik reading?
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xokistar
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Noun
| Dari
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خاکستر
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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хокистар
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خاکستر • (xâkestar) (plural خاکسترها (xâkestar-hâ))
- ash, cinders
c. 1650, Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ğanī Kašmīrī, translated by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz, دیوان [Divān]:نفس من شده از سوختگی خاکستر، گر شود آینه روشن ز دم من چه عجب.- nafas-e man šode az suxtegi xâkestar, gar šavad âyene rowšan ze dam-e man če 'ajab.
- Burning, my soul has turned into ashes. What wonder if my breath polishes the mirror!
1980, پرویز بیگی حبیبآبادی, غریبانه [Gharibane]:هر سو نظری کردم، هر کو گذری کرد / خاکستر و خون دیدم، ویرانه به ویرانه.- har su nazari kardam, har ku gozari kardam / xâkestar o xun didam, virâne be virâne.
- Everywhere I looked, every street I passed / I saw ashes and blood, ruin upon ruin.
(adjectives)