ख़ाक
See also: ख़ाकी
Hindi
Noun
ख़ाक • (xāk) f (Urdu spelling خاک)
- dust, ashes
- ख़ाक मेरी आँखें में घुस गई।
- xāk merī ā̃khẽ mẽ ghus gaī.
- The dust got into my eyes.
- (figuratively, attributive) useless, of no use
- after 1824, Ghalib 87.1:
- आबरू क्या ख़ाक उस गुल की कि गुलशन में नहीं
है गरेबाँ नंग-ए-पैराहन जो दामन में नहीं- ābrū kyā xāk us gul kī ki gulśana mẽ nahī̃
hai garebā̃ naṅg-e-pairāhan jo dāman mẽ nahī̃ - What uselessness is the honor [i.e. there is no honor] of the rose that is not in the garden
the collar is a shame to the robe if it is not in the hem
- ābrū kyā xāk us gul kī ki gulśana mẽ nahī̃
- आबरू क्या ख़ाक उस गुल की कि गुलशन में नहीं
Related terms
- ख़ाकी (xākī)
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