Urdu Dictionary
Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Dehqan

देहक़ान
also written: Dihqan
Meaning

A peasant, husbandman, or village farmer.

See it in the verse

Dehqan in Iqbal’s couplets

Jis khet se dehqan ko muyassar nahin rozi
Us khet ke har khosha-e-gandum ko jala do
The field that does not yield its farmer even his daily bread — burn every ear of wheat in that field.
Justice · Courage
Related words
SANSKRIT

Khet

A field or farmland.

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