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Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Gul-e-Surahi

गुल-ए-सुराही

said gul-e-su-RAA-hee

also written: gul-e-surahi, lily-of-the-valley

Meaning

A flask-shaped bell-flower; a drooping white bloom shaped like a slender decanter.

Literally: flask flower

See it in the verse

Gul-e-Surahi in Iqbal’s couplets

Safina-e-barg-e-gul bana lega qafila mor-e-na-tawan ka
Hazar maujon ki ho kashakash magar ye dariya se par hoga

The caravan of feeble ants will make a boat of a rose petal; though a thousand waves clash against it, this boat will cross the river.

Hope · Courage · Unity

Related words

Gul

Rose; flower.

Sosan

The lily or iris, a garden flower whose blade-like petals are compared to a tongue.

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