Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Gard-baad

गर्द-बाद
said gard-BAAD
also written: Gardbaad
Meaning

A whirlwind; a column of dust spun up by the wind.

Literally: dust-wind

How Iqbal uses it

The desert dust-devil that wanders the waste, an image of restless wandering and of a madness that whirls the seeker across the wilderness.