خاک بر گورت (Khak bar gooret)

/xɑːk bær guːˈret/exclamation

What does خاک بر گورت (Khak bar gooret) mean? خاک بر گورت (Khak bar gooret) is a Dari strong that translates to “may you be buried / drop dead” in English.

dirt on your grave

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"may you be buried / drop dead"

Wishing someone into their grave with dirt already piled on top. It skips past the dying part and goes straight to burial — you're so dead to me that I'm already imagining the funeral. Related to 'khak bar saret' (dirt on your head) but more final because it specifies the grave rather than just the head.

خاک بر گورت، این چه کاری بود که کردی! (Khak bar gooret, in che kaari bood ke kardi! - Dirt on your grave, what have you done!) — Reaction to devastating news or a terrible action.