مشت خاک

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشت خاک (must-i xāk), from مشت (must) + خاک (xāk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊʃt̪‿e xɑːk/, /mʊʃt̪‿e xaːk/

Noun

مُشْتِ خاک • (muśt-e-xāk) ? (Hindi spelling मुश्त-ए-ख़ाक)

1. (literary) handful of dust, human being, man
2. (figurative) man
3. (figurative) the world

References

• “خاک مشت خاک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.[1]