Urdu Dictionary

Persian · noun · The Tavern & the Cup

Baada-kash

बादाकश

Meaning

A wine-drinker; the toper of the tavern.

Literally: 'wine-drinker'

See it in the verse

Baada-kash in Iqbal’s couplets

Bhari bazm mein raaz ki baat keh di
Bada be-adab hun saza chahta hun

In the crowded gathering I blurted out the secret — I am terribly insolent; I ask for my punishment.

Courage · Love

Har ek chiz se paida khuda ki qudrat hai
Koi baDa koi chhoTa ye us ki hikmat hai

Every single thing reveals the power of creation; that one is large and another small is part of its wisdom.

Humility · Self-Knowledge · Hope

Related words

Rind

The libertine or free-spirited reveller who flouts pious convention; in Sufi verse, the true lover of God.

Mai-kash

A wine-drinker, a toper; the devotee of the tavern.

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