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Ghaugha

ग़ौग़ा
said ghau-ghaa
Meaning

Noise, clamour, uproar, or hubbub, a din of voices or of tumultuous feeling.

How Iqbal uses it

Ghaugha is the loud confusion of crowd and clamour. Iqbal can use it both for the meaningless noise of the heedless and for the rousing uproar that signals a people stirring awake.

See it in the verse

Ghaugha in Iqbal’s couplets

Digar-gun hai jahan taron ki gardish tez hai saqi
Dil-e-har-zarra mein ghaugha-e-rusta-khez hai saqi
The world is changing, the wheeling of the stars is swift; in the heart of every atom there is the tumult of a rising.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Shorish

Tumult, uproar, or rebellious commotion, both the clamour outside and the ferment within.

ARABIC

Kohraam

Loud lamentation and wailing, a widespread outcry of grief and mourning.

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