خاکستر
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خَاکِسْتَر (xākistar).
Noun
خاکستر • (xākstr /xākistär/)
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Derived terms
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
FWOTD – 26 November 2025
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hʾkstl /xākestar, xākistar/). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xaː.kis.ˈtar/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xɑː.kʰɪs.t̪ʰáɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xɒː.kʰʲes.t̪ʰǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χɔ.kʰis.t̪ʰáɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xākistar |
| Dari reading? | xākistar |
| Iranian reading? | xâkestar |
| Tajik reading? | xokistar |
Noun
خاکستر • (xākistar / xâkestar) (plural خاکسترها (xākistar-hā / xâkestar-hâ), Tajik spelling хокистар)
- ash, cinders
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 1609:
- کاملی گر خاک گیرد زر شود
ناقص ار زر برد خاکستر شود- kāmilē gar xāk gīrad zar šawad
nāqis ar zar barad xākistar šawad - If a perfect man take earth, it becomes gold
if an imperfect one has carried away gold, it becomes ashes.
- kāmilē gar xāk gīrad zar šawad
- 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-i man šuda az sōxtan xākistar
gar šawad āyina rawšan z-i dam-i man či ajab - Burning, my soul has turned into ashes. What wonder if my breath polishes the mirror!
- nafas-i man šuda az sōxtan xākistar
- 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
- har su nazari kardam, har ku gozari kardam
Derived terms
verbs
- خاکستر کردن (xākistar kardan / xâkestar kardan, “to incinerate”)
adjectives
- خاکسترنشین (xākistarnišīn / xâkestarnešin, “impoverished”)
- خاکستری (xākistarī / xâkestari, “grey, ashen”)
Descendants
- → Chagatai: خاکستر (xākstr /xākistär/)