کشتیگیر
Koshti gir
Reading: koshti-gir
Wrestler
PersianWrestlingZurkhaneh
Meaning
Persian term for a wrestler; in the zurkhaneh tradition the session ends with wrestling (koshti), and the ideal wrestler follows the chivalric code of the pahlavan.
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