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Dasht-navardi

दश्तनवर्दी
also written: Dashtnawardi
Meaning

Wandering the wilds; traversing the desert plains.

Literally: desert-traversing

See it in the verse

Dasht-navardi in Iqbal’s couplets

Qalb o nazar ki zindagi dasht mein subh ka samaan
Chashma-e-aftab se nuur ki naddiyan ravaan
The life of the heart and the eye is like daybreak in the desert; from the spring of the sun, rivers of light flow out.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Sahra-navardi

Roaming the deserts; wandering through the wilderness.

PERSIAN

Rah-navard

A tireless traveller who covers great distances; a wanderer.

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