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Daag-khaana

डाकख़ाना

said Daak khaa-naa

also written: Dakkhana

Meaning

A post office.

Literally: mail-house

See it in the verse

Daag-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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