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Daabh

दाब
also written: Dabdaba
Meaning

Colloquial: overawing presence, clout, imposing sway; 'dabdaba' = commanding aura.

See it in the verse

Daabh in Iqbal’s couplets

Kya dabdaba-e-nadir kya shaukat-e-taimuri
Ho jaate hain sab daftar gharq-e-mai-e-naab aakhir
What of Nadir's dread power, what of Timur's splendour? In the end every such record is drowned in the pure wine of time.
Humility · Self-Knowledge · Adversity
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