مشت خاک
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Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian مشت خاک (must-i xāk), from مشت (must) + خاک (xāk).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊʃt̪‿e xɑːk/, /mʊʃt̪‿e xaːk/
Noun[edit]
مُشْتِ خاک • (muśt-e-xāk) ? (Hindi spelling मुश्त-ए-ख़ाक)
- (literary) handful of dust, human being, man
- (figurative) man
- (figurative) the world
References[edit]
- “خاک مشت خاک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.[1]