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دست
/ dast /
noun · hand
Meaning
معنی۱
دست (dast) means "hand." Native Persian word at the center of dozens of idioms about agency, power, and giving.
In a sentence
مثالدستت را بشور
dastat râ beshur
Wash your hand
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
دست به دست
dast be dast
from hand to hand
دست خالی
dast-e khâli
empty-handed
دست به کار شدن
dast be kâr shodan
to start working
دست مریزاد
dast-e marizâd
may your hand not weary
دست از سر کسی برداشتن
dast az sar-e kasi bardâshtan
to leave someone alone
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
دستdast
دست انجام شدdast anjâm shodآتش خانه به سایهâtash-e khâne be sâyeghآب نریخت کوزهâb narikht kuzeدستش بهش نرسیدdast-ash be-hesh na-residدل دریاdel-e daryâخالیkhâliدستdast
keeps company with ۶ words