Persian · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Gaisu

गेसू
also written: Gesu, Gaisoo
Meaning

Long, flowing locks or ringlets of hair.

Usage & notes

Opening a famous Bal-e-Jibril ghazal, Iqbal addresses the gaisu-e-tabdar, the radiant tress, urging it to ever greater brilliance, the beloved's hair serving as emblem of beauty that must keep intensifying.