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Persian · noun · Love & Longing

But-khana

बुत-ख़ाना
Meaning

An idol-temple; a place full of beautiful faces, or the heart crowded with images of the beloved.

Literally: house of idols

See it in the verse

But-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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Idol; a figure of the beloved so beautiful as to be worshipped, and a symbol of beauty in the ghazal.

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