Persian

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Etymology

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From خاک (xâk, earth) +‎ ـسار (-sâr).

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

Adjective

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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

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Urdu

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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خاکْسار (xāksārm (Hindi spelling ख़ाकसार)

  1. (formal) I/me, humble, humbly referring to oneself

References

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  • 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, 2024.
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