از ماست که بر ماست

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Persian

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Etymology

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Literally, What falls upon us is from us. A famous quotation from a poem by the eleventh-century philosopher Nāṣir-i Khusraw, in which an arrogant eagle is struck down by an arrow with eagle feather fletches.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? az māst ki bar māst
Dari reading? az māst ki bar māst
Iranian reading? az mâst ke bar mâst
Tajik reading? az most ki bar most

Proverb

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از ماست که بر ماست (az mâ-st ke bar mâ-st)

  1. you reap what you sow