از ماست که بر ماست

Persian

Etymology

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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaz ˈmɑːst ki baɾ ˈmɑːst]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäz mɑ́ːst̪ kʰɪ bäɾ mɑ́ːst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäz mɑ́ːst̪ kʰɪ bäɾ mɑ́ːst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäz mɑ́ːst̪ kʰɪ bäɾ mɑ́ːst̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäz mɔ́ːst̪ kʰi bäɾ mɔ́ːst̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæz mɒ́ːst̪ kʰʲe bæɹ mɒ́ːst̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäz mɔ́st̪ kʰi bäɾ mɔ́st̪]

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

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

1. you reap what you sow