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Chhaapa-khaana

छापाख़ाना
said chhaa-paa khaa-naa
also written: Chhapakhana
Meaning

A printing press or printing house.

Literally: print-house

See it in the verse

Chhaapa-khaana 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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