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Bawarchi-khana

बावर्चीख़ाना
also written: Bawarchikhana
Meaning

A kitchen.

Literally: Cook's house.

How Iqbal uses it

Compound of 'bawarchi' (cook) + 'khana' (place); the formal word for kitchen.

See it in the verse

Bawarchi-khana in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
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Related words
TURKISH

Bawarchi

A cook or chef.

SANSKRIT

Chulha

A cooking stove or hearth, traditionally a clay fire-stove.

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