Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Ghulam

ग़ुलाम
said ghu-laam
also written: Ghulaam
Meaning

A slave or bondsman; one in servitude.

Usage & notes

The slave, materially and politically. Iqbal turns the word with great force in his attack on subjection: the ghulam mind cannot create, and only the free self truly lives.