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Bang-e-Dara

बांग-ए-दरा
said baang-e-da-raa
also written: bang e dara, bange dara, baang-e-dara
Meaning

The call of the caravan-bell; the bell that summons travellers to set forth, the title of Iqbal's first Urdu collection.

Literally: bang (call, cry) + dara (caravan-bell)

Usage & notes

The title of Iqbal's first major Urdu collection (1924); the caravan-bell that rouses a slumbering people to journey.