Social Rituals
خیر اندر خانه
/ kheyr andar khâne /
proverb · goodness inside the home
Meaning
معنی۱
خیر اندر خانه (kheyr andar khâne): "goodness inside the home." Real virtue lives at home, not at the mosque or the bazaar. A quiet Iranian rebuke to performative piety.
In a sentence
مثالخیر اندر خانه است، نه در بازار
kheyr andar khâne ast, na dar bâzâr
Goodness is inside the home, not in the bazaar
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.
خیر اندر خانهkheyr andar khâne
خانهkhāneمسجدmasjedحرامharamآتش خانه به سایهâtash-e khâne be sâyeghخیرkheyrخیر اندر خانهkheyr andar khâne
keeps company with ۵ words