خاکسار

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَاکْسَار (xāksār).

Adjective

خاکسار • (xāksār)

  1. humbled, abject, modest
    خاکسار ایتماکxāksār etmäkto humble
  2. (literally) covered in dust

Derived terms

  • خاکسارلیغ (xāksārliğ, modesty)

Descendants

  • Uzbek: xokisor

Further reading

  • Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 218

Persian

Etymology

From خاک (xâk, earth) +‎ ـسار (-sâr).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xāksār
Dari reading? xāksār
Iranian reading? xâksâr
Tajik reading? xoksor

Adjective

خاکسار • (xâksâr)

  1. 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 [the] disaster [of love] have no confidant except for the wind.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. (literally) covered in dust

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاکْسار (xāksār, literally earth-like), equivalent to خاک (xāk) +‎ سار (sār).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

خاکْسار • (xāksārm (Hindi spelling ख़ाकसार)

  1. (rare, dated, formal, polite, higher register) first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I, I humbly, this servant
    Synonym: بَنْدَہ (banda)

Declension

Declension of خاکسار
direct خاکْسار (xāksār)
indirect خاکْسار (xāksār)
ergative خاکْسار نے (xāksār ne)
genitive خاکْسار کا (xāksār kā)
dative خاکْسار کو (xāksār ko)
خاکْسار کو (xāksār ko)

See also

Urdu personal pronouns
direct case indirect case ergative case dative/accusative case
1st person singular مَیں (ma͠i) مُجھ (mujh) مَیں نے (ma͠i ne) مُجھ کو (mujh ko)
مُجھے (mujhe)
formal (rare) خَاکْسَار (xāksār) خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne) خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko)
plural ہَم (ham) ہَم نے (ham ne) ہَم کو (ham ko)
ہَمیں (hamẽ)
2nd person informal (intimate) تُو () تُجھ (tujh) تُو نے (tū ne) تُجھ کو (tujh ko)
تُجھے (tujhe)
semiformal (familiar) تُم (tum) تُم نے (tum ne) تُم کو (tum ko)
تُمْہیں (tumhẽ)
formal (polite) آپ (āp) آپ نے (āp ne) آپ کو (āp ko)
3rd person proximal singular /
informal
یِہ (ye) اِس (is) اِس نے (is ne) اِس کو (is ko)
اِسے (ise)
plural /
formal
اِن (in) اِنْہوں نے (inhõ ne) اِن کو (in ko)
اِنْہیں (inhẽ)
distal singular /
informal
وُہ (vo) اُس (us) اُس نے (us ne) اُس کو (us ko)
اُسے (use)
plural /
formal
اُن (un) اُنْہوں نے (unhõ ne) اُن کو (un ko)
اُنْہیں (unhẽ)

References

  • خاکسار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • خاک٘سار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.