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Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Afsos

अफ़सोस
Meaning

Regret, sorrow, or pity; an expression of grief over something.

See it in the verse

Afsos in Iqbal’s couplets

Afsos sad-afsos ki shahin na bana tu
Dekhe na teri aankh ne fitrat ke ishaarat
A pity, a hundred pities, that you never became a falcon; your eye never read the signs that nature held out.
The Falcon · Awakening · Aspiration
Related words
ARABIC

Malaal

Melancholy, weariness of spirit; regret.

SANSKRIT

Pachtaava

Remorse or repentance; the pain of regret over a past action.

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