خودکشی از ترس مرگ

Persian

Etymology

Literally: “suicide for fear of death”. Eventually from German Selbstmord aus Angst vor dem Tod, after a bonmot by Otto von Bismarck.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷad.ku.ʃiː ʔaz tar.ʃi ˈmarɡ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊd̪.kʰʊ.ʃiː ʔäz t̪ʰäɾ.ʃɪ mäɾɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊd̪.kʰʊ.ʃiː ʔäz t̪ʰäɾ.ʃɪ mäɾɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xud̪.kʰu.ʃi ʔäz t̪ʰäɾ.ʃi mäɾɡ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xod̪.kʰo.ʃiː ʔæz t̪ʰæɹ.ʃe mæɹɡʲ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χud̪.kʰu.ʃi ʔäz t̪ʰäɾ.ʃi mäɾɡ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xwadkušī az tarš-i marg
Dari reading^?	xudkušī az tarš-i marg
Iranian reading^?	xodkoši az tarš-e marg
Tajik reading^?	xudkuši az tarš-i marg

Noun

خودکشی از ترس مرگ • (xod-koši az tarš-e marg)

(idiomatic) a hazardous and foredoomed course of action taken by someone who finds themselves in a slowly but continuously deteriorating position