خجسته
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xu.d͡ʒas.ˈta/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xʊ.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xo.d͡ʒæs.t̪ʰe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χu.d͡ʒäs.t̪ʰä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xujasta |
| Dari reading? | xujasta |
| Iranian reading? | xojaste |
| Tajik reading? | xujasta |
| Dari | خجسته |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | хуҷаста |
Adjective
خجسته • (xojaste)
- fortunate, auspicious
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3831:
- بس خجسته معصیت کان کرد مرد
نی ز خاری بر دمد اوراق ورد- bas xujasta ma'siyat kān kard mard
nay za xārī bar damad awrāq ward - Very fortunate the sin which the man committed:
do not rose-leaves spring from a thorn?
- bas xujasta ma'siyat kān kard mard
Derived terms
- خجستگی (xojastegi, “auspiciousness”)
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خجسته”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim