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Daam-Sair

दाम-सेर
said daam-SER
also written: dam-ser,daam-sair
Meaning

Price per seer; the rate at which goods are sold by weight.

See it in the verse

Daam-Sair in Iqbal’s couplets

Tere seene mein dam hai, dil nahin hai
Tera dam garmi-e-mahfil nahin hai
There is breath in your chest, but no heart. Your breath carries none of the warmth that lights up a gathering.
Awakening · Selfhood · Love
Aaya hai tu jahan mein misal-e-sharar dekh
Dam de na jaye hasti-na-paayedar dekh
You have come into the world like a spark — see that this fleeting existence does not slip away from you.
Action · Awakening · Aspiration
Zindagi insaan ki ik dam ke siva kuch bhi nahin
Dam hawa ki mauj hai ram ke siva kuch bhi nahin
A human life is nothing more than a single breath — and that breath is a wave of air, nothing but a fleeting movement.
Humility · Awakening · Action
Related words
SANSKRIT

Bhaao

The current price or market rate of a commodity.

PERSIAN

Ser

A traditional unit of weight (roughly a kilogram).

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