Persian · noun · Struggle & the Sword

Dasht-navardi

दश्त-नवर्दी
said dasht-na-VAR-di
Meaning

Wilderness-roaming; the wandering of one who crosses the desert on foot.

Literally: desert-traversing

How Iqbal uses it

The trade of Majnun and the madman of love who measures the wilderness with blistered feet; dasht-navardi is the very calling of frenzy.