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Meaning of خاکستر | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
xaː.kis.ˈtar

Definitions

  1. ash, cinders
  2. Equivalent to 'Ash': A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.

Equivalents

English Ash

Examples

“کاملی گر خاک گیرد زر شود ناقص ار زر برد خاکستر شود”

If a perfect man take earth, it becomes gold if an imperfect one has carried away gold, it becomes ashes.

“نفس من شده از سوختگی خاکستر گر شود آینه روشن ز دم من چه عجب”

Burning, my soul has turned into ashes. What wonder if my breath polishes the mirror!

“هر سو نظری کردم، هر کو گذری کرد خاکستر و خون دیدم، ویرانه به ویرانه”

Everywhere I looked, every street I passed I saw ashes and blood, ruin upon ruin

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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