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Aftab-parast

आफ़ताबपरस्त
Meaning

A chameleon or sunflower; literally 'sun-worshipper', a creature or plant that turns toward the sun.

Literally: sun-worshipper

See it in the verse

Aftab-parast in Iqbal’s couplets

Qalb o nazar ki zindagi dasht mein subh ka samaan
Chashma-e-aftab se nuur ki naddiyan ravaan
The life of the heart and the eye is like daybreak in the desert; from the spring of the sun, rivers of light flow out.
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Girgit

A chameleon or garden lizard; a byword for a turncoat who changes colour.

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