مشت خاک
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mʊʃt̪‿e xɑːk/, /mʊʃt̪‿e xaːk/
Noun
مُشْتِ خاک • (muśt-e-xāk) ? (Hindi spelling मुश्त-ए-ख़ाक)
- (literary) handful of dust, human being, man
- (figurative) man
- (metaphoric) the world
References
- “خاک مشت خاک”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.