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 ˈmaːst ki baɾ ˈmaːst/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäz mɑ́ːst̪ kʰɪ bäɾ mɑ́ːst̪]
- (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 |