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Sanskrit · noun · Everyday Life

Ghaat

घाट
also written: Ghat
Meaning

A stepped riverbank or landing for bathing and boats.

How Iqbal uses it

Everyday word; the steps leading down to a river where people bathe and boats dock.

See it in the verse

Ghaat in Iqbal’s couplets

Khatar-pasand tabiyat ko saazgar nahin
Wo gulsitan ki jahan ghaat mein na ho sayyad
A nature that loves danger finds no comfort in a garden where no hunter lies in wait.
Courage · Restlessness · Adversity
Related words
SANSKRIT

Nadi

A river.

SANSKRIT

Naao

A boat.

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