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 ˈmɑːst ki baɾ ˈmɑːst]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäz mɑ́ːst̪ kʰɪ bäɾ mɑ́ːst̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäz mɑ́ːst̪ kʰɪ bäɾ mɑ́ːst̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäz mɔ́ːst̪ kʰi bäɾ mɔ́ːst̪]

(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

Proverb

از ما ست که بر ما ست • (az mâ-st ke bar mâ-st)

you reap what you sow

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